When my husband’s secret became my own, I learned the slow torment (and occasional titillation) of the secret keeper. In […]
Somebody Else’s Secret
Wrapping the presents, making travel plans, anticipating the gatherings that take place at the holiday season, family members often know
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How A Mother’s Shame Can Morph Over Time
As I walked out of my mother’s room in Mt. Sinai hospital that summer day in 1982, I ran into
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When Siblings Work Together, They may Stay Together
My neighbor here at the beach is a wise woman. A single mother with four kids, she developed strategies to
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The Way of the Will
When a man I know disinherited his daughter because she married out of the faith (forty years earlier), he gave
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No More Jokes about the Mother-in-Law, Please
We think we know everything about mothers-in-law, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I never found mother-in-law jokes funny,
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Banning Best Friends
I was concerned when I read in the New York Times that some schools and camps are discouraging kids from
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10 Ways to Be Closer to Your Siblings
Everyone expects children to squabble. Remember the DEFCON 1–level tantrum you threw when your younger sister gave Barbie a Grace
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The American Family Diaspora
On a radio call-in show recently, I heard from a man whose parents had immigrated before he was born. In
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