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Back-to-school forms ask about your child once a year. Here's what teachers actually need to know — health issues, learning style, and the home context that
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When long marriages end over 'incompatibility,' is it really incompatibility — or a midlife crisis? A reflection on marriage, divorce, and the work in between.
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In June 2013, photos showed Charles Saatchi grabbing Nigella Lawson by the throat in a London restaurant. He was cautioned for assault; they divorced weeks
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Hyderabad's illegal ‘contract marriages’: wealthy foreigners paying for one-month ‘wives’ — a racket exposed by teenager Nausheen Tobassum.
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Parents can't track everything their kids do online — and shouldn't try. What actually works: watching patterns, setting boundaries, and talking.
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Two women, similar backgrounds, the same day care job — one married, one raising children alone. How family structure has become one of America's deepest
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She sees clutter; he sees treasures. How one couple's war over a messy home office illustrates the surprisingly deep psychology behind domestic conflict.
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Marrying into Indian family life means marrying the family, the festivals, the food debates — and learning that 'compromise' has a much larger cast than two.
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The 'nagging' label frames repetition as a character flaw instead of what it usually is: the response to commitments that were never kept.
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Couples who work out together stick with it longer and report higher satisfaction. The science of social accountability — and the Koehler effect that makes
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Satyamev Jayate's 2012 episode on child sexual abuse cited a devastating statistic — 53% of Indian children face sexual abuse — and asked parents to listen
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Studies once found cohabitation predicted divorce — the 'cohabitation effect'. The real mechanisms: sliding vs deciding, selection, and age.
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Leap Day's strangest tradition: women get to propose. From Scottish legend to Leap Year dances, here's where the February 29 custom came from.
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A gene variant called 5-HTTLPR was once said to predict divorce. It doesn't. Here's what the actual research found about DNA and marital satisfaction.
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Fifty rules for fathers of daughters — on presence, respect, courage, and the template you set for how she'll expect to be treated.
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Stanford researchers found that gazing at a photo of a beloved reduces pain — activating the brain's reward systems. Love really is a drug.
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Persistence closes deals — but applied to dating, it becomes harassment. What high-pressure professions do to personal behavior, and the psychology of power
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The Penn State abuse scandal forced a national reckoning — and pushed parents to have the conversations about bodily autonomy that help children disclose abuse.
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Bastien, 3, died of head injuries in Germigny-l'Eveque, France, after his father put him in a washing machine and switched it on.
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"Sharma ji ka beta scored 98 percent." Comparing children to others feels like motivation — psychology says it mostly produces anxiety. What to do instead.
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