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Where’s Dad?

“My wife is on my case and I don’t get it. Example: A week ago she tells me I make too much noise when she’s trying to put our baby girl...

“My wife lives for our daughter and I am starting to wonder: when is it my turn? I feel like all that I am in my wife’s eyes is a means to...

Len and I are doing OK; for one, we don't argue as much as we used to. But something is still missing, some spark that used to be there....

“I feel like I have to walk around on eggshells with my husband and his family: If I’m not VERY careful, they get upset and either blame...

My husband and I communicate well enough on the surface, but I feel we are drifting apart deep down. I for one don't feel like he...

“Our baby just had her first birthday, and my husband and I are getting along OK, but the problem is he’s really frustrated that we almost...

“When John and I got married, we were so happy. Ten years later, we have kids, jobs, and tension. Our love is a faraway feeling. We argue...

In this series of columns, I am discussing how to nurture the framework of a family, our child’s second womb. That framework has four...

Sometimes our 3-year-old is cheerful, but little things can always set him off, and then he seems grumpy and "blue" for longer than it...

“If our two-year-old sees me hugging her four-year-old big brother, she’ll rush over – saying loudly, ‘No! My mommy! Go away!’ – and try...

“Sometimes I’m with my kids (or driving in traffic or talking to my husband or . . . ) and suddenly I’ll start feeling angry or frustrated...

Sometimes I get so mad at my kids! Yes, they were misbehaving but I feel bad about getting angry with them. Children stir up powerful...