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“Babies don’t come with manuals,” my parents would sometimes moan, half in jest, half seriously. So, like all first-time parents, they parented from the only resource they had: themselves. It’s natural to assume that your child will be a chip off the

Not too far from my house is a cemetery, less little over a mile. I don’t normally see it, trees block it from the main road, but when I come home the “back way,”...

ADHD and substance use often go together, which raises the tricky question of whether it’s a good idea to prescribe stimulants for someone with a drug problem. As I’ve written about before,...

If you have ever found yourself in what you thought was a good relationship but then watched it spiral downward it was probably very confusing. It may have been due to behavior of your own that you don’t understand or a behavior

Before you think I’m really stretching for something to write about, please consider the special risk factors that affect people with bipolar disorder during the

I used to love my mind and the music it had constantly playing in the background. I think the person who invented elevator music was probably one of us. ...

Today I love a different week from my normal fare. I love that this week will involve work at the cottage, packing my tool trailer back up to take it there,...