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When offering advice to someone, have you ever started with...My mother always says? It’s a common phrase for many, including a Burlington mom. She found herself saying that so much that she decided ...

We’re all trying to figure things out in life. Some lessons are obvious, like “don’t touch a hot stove,” while others take a bit more brainpower to grasp. But those deeper lessons? They’re the ones ...

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...

Over the last few months, my son, my wife, and I have visited universities across the country to help find the right one for him. And after a long and arduous search, he has finally chosen the one he ...

Imagine you knew you were dying soon. What would matter most to you? How would you change the way you spend your time? How would you reflect on your life? Whom would you want near? These are common ...

There's a reason why Gen Xers, the kids who largely grew up in the 1970s, are coined the "latchkey" generation, they were parentified and expected to navigate life largely on their own. With both ...