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Tired of saying 'hurry up' instead of 'I love you'? A mom's vow to slow down and live in the present with her kids — inspired by Rachel Macy Stafford.

Part 2 of the 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin' story — Sudhir Mishra's 1996 single-night thriller, and the true family incident behind it.

Our Naperville book club took on Paula McLain's 'The Paris Wife' — Hemingway's first marriage, the burden of genius, and whether Hadley's voice should have

Call a child 'shy' and they'll believe it. Labels — good or bad — become the boxes children grow inside. Here's why parents should drop the tags.

Spanking and shouting don't teach kids lessons — they teach kids that hitting is okay. Here's what to do instead when your child misbehaves.

Employers screen candidates on social media before hiring. Here's what to never post — and what actually helps your personal brand.

When an 11-year-old New Zealand boy fathered a child with a 36-year-old woman, it forced an uncomfortable question: why do we barely acknowledge female sex

Jiah Khan's death put Bollywood's treatment of young women back in the headlines — and inspired a film about it. Why do aspiring actresses stay so vulnerable?

Celebrity chef Paula Deen admitted using a racial slur in a deposition, missed her Today show interview, and lost her Food Network contract — all within 48

Char Desmond's Cambridge Closets offered Chicago-area custom closets at about 25% below the big franchises — a local business profile from Naperville.

Process praise beats person praise: why praising a child's effort — not their 'greatness' — builds resilience, and why praise for everything backfires.

Two New York wine collectors sued Chicago chef Charlie Trotter in 2013, claiming $46,000 bottles of 1945 Burgundy were counterfeit.

Chicago's Silk Road Rising staged a reading of Farid ud-Din Attar's twelfth-century Sufi poem Conference of the Birds — an essay on the birds' journey.

Reports claimed Salman Khan's favorite breakfast was baasi roti and chai — or protein shakes and egg whites. Meanwhile, what a genuinely good breakfast

Amish Tripathi, author of the bestselling Shiva Trilogy, appeared at Wentz Hall, North Central College, Naperville on June 30, 2013 — archived event.

Lindsay Mills learned of Edward Snowden's leaks with the rest of the world. Her 'lost at sea' blog post, her wait — and the life she built after.

Edward Snowden, 29, revealed himself as the source of the NSA leaks in a Guardian interview — then fled Hong Kong and was charged under the Espionage Act.

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The 'tongue patch' diet sews a mesh patch onto the tongue to make eating painful. Doctors called it dangerous — and it was never FDA approved.

A first-person account from Istanbul of the 2013 Gezi Park protests — written by Turkish blogger Defne Suman as police cleared Taksim Square.