How much should you tell your kids about sex--and when?

Your kids have questions about S-E-X. Where will they get the answers?

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Q&A from 'Secrets & Lies: Can you have an affair and still be a good mate?'

Wise Readers: Last week’s post about Jessica, a woman who is torn between her affair partner and her husband, drew a lot of heated response. Some of it was directed at me, for sharing my opinion. What did people think? How does science address topics like open marriage, and what happens to children post-divorce?

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The Difference Between Punishment & Reward (Q&A from How To Train Your Mother-In-Law—or anyone else)

Wise Readers, So how is ignoring not punishment? Why does ignoring bad behavior work so well? If it’s true we’re training each other all the time, why are others continuing to annoy us? And what if you want your children to learn how to set boundaries this way—with adults? Read on!

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Stepmarriages: Keeping love alive when they’re somebody else’s kids

Dear Duana, I love my wife, but we argue about how to discipline her kids; she often sides with them in front of me, and they’ve learned I have no traction. I feel like I’m last in Anna’s affections and priorities. I don’t want to give up—but I won’t live with brats who’ve got their mom’s backing. Dear Scott, Just two years into a stepmarriage, most men are no longer supervising, disciplining or interacting much at all with the stepkids. And the divorce rate is literally 50% higher for remarriages with kids. Don’t give up; step up. Here’s how to save your marriage—and what to avoid.

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Momma's Boys: The good, bad, and ugly of loving a man who adores his mother

Dear Duana, What do you know about the man whose controlling mother offers approval only when he makes Mom #1….the man who lets his mother openly complain about his wife, tells Mom everything, and then takes Mom’s contrary advice at the expense of his wife’s input on all of it—money, career, parenting? How does he wean himself from her approval? And what happens if he doesn’t?

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