From boyhood all the way through my college years I loved playing video games – many a night you could find me mashing the buttons on my controller as I worked my way through the levels of Super Mario Brothers and killed bad dudes in GoldenEye. These days, as a husband and father of two young kids,

Who could condemn someone for staying far away from a parent, even an ailing or dying parent, who mistreated him or her as a child? Many who had suffered through similar experiences said they had taken the same stance. “He was a terrible father and mean, so I didn’t feel bad about moving out of

If three of these sounds vaguely like you, it's likely that your children turn you into a yes-person quite easily. At least one room in your home looks like a toy store. At any given hour the couch doubles as a trampoline, a wrestling mat, a hiding place or arts and crafts center. Your child wears

As busy parents, some weeks it seems like finding time for everything in the schedule can be a challenge - fitting in exercise, grocery shopping, laundry, or just having some "down time" can feel like a struggle at times. We all want the best for our children and that means spending quality time

  In today's society, if the two-parent home was an animal, it would be on the endangered species list. There are more than 14 million single parent homes in the United States alone; the huge majority being single mothers. Research studies indicate around half of all children in the United States