The beleaguered couple calls it quits, but the show must go on!
By Heather Havrilesky Jun 23, 2009
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Only someone who's been through it can know what's like to lose both parents at 16
By Cary Tennis
July 9, 2009
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A sympathetic new book about the family member everyone loves to hate suggests even the best stepmoms in the world are set up to fail miserably.
By Heather Havrilesky
May 20, 2009
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A shout-out to all of you childless singles out there, from the self-righteous mothers of the world!
By Heather Havrilesky
May 10, 2009
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For years I thought of his autism as beautiful and mysterious. But when he turned unspeakably violent, I had to question everything I knew.
By Ann Bauer
March 26, 2009
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I have very little time but love playing the guitar!
By Cary Tennis
July 8, 2009
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She attempted suicide and brandished a knife. How do I protect our children?
By Cary Tennis
June 26, 2009
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We got caught making out and now my mom's all like you have to break up with him if you want to keep living here
By Cary Tennis
June 25, 2009
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My work is here, his work is there: How will we ever get together?
By Cary Tennis
June 22, 2009
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She has persecution complexes and paranoia, which is why she won't see a doctor!
By Cary Tennis
June 8, 2009
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I overcame a violent past, but my kid is testing my limits.
By Cary Tennis
May 28, 2009
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My family thinks it's just entertainment, but it leaves me anxious and sleepless.
By Cary Tennis
May 15, 2009
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I'm 25, but they don't want me to be independent.
By Cary Tennis
May 5, 2009
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Due to an "error," the stepdaughter gets everything.
By Cary Tennis
May 1, 2009
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Dad died, lover left me, unemployed, things are tough, could use a lift.
By Cary Tennis
April 14, 2009
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They even take my own friends away!
By Cary Tennis
April 13, 2009
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We've got a great life going. Let's not spoil it.
By Cary Tennis
April 9, 2009
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His parents are small-town farm people and I don't like them!
By Cary Tennis
March 20, 2009
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In a rotten economy, more adults are showing up on their parents' doorstep. I just never thought my wife and I would be among them.
By Rosecrans Baldwin
March 16, 2009
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The Quiverfull movement saddles women with a life of submission and near-constant pregnancies. One mother explains how she embraced the extreme Christian lifestyle -- and why she left.
By Kathryn Joyce
March 14, 2009
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I found out my father's having an affair. Should I tell my mom?
By Cary Tennis
March 11, 2009
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After her teenagers hit the streets, author Debra Gwartney faced desperation and panic. She talks about why her children left -- and how they finally returned.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 7, 2009
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A New York Times faux-trend story about "glam-mas" who can't be bothered with the little ones.
By Joan Walsh
March 5, 2009
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In this sinking economy, the media trots out icky cliches about spoiled women and emasculated men -- maybe because the reality is so much messier.
By Rebecca Traister
March 4, 2009
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At the height of the real estate bubble, I was desperate to buy a home. I had no idea what kind of trouble I was borrowing.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
February 28, 2009
Jon minus Kate plus eight
No one can understand an orphan
Beware the stepmonster!
Mothering heights
The monster inside my son 
How I ended up living with my in-laws
All God's children
Runaway daughters
Selfish grannies!
So you still want to date a banker?
Scenes from a housing boom
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