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DEAR ANNIE: Our oldest son, "Adam," lives two hours away with his wife, "Eve," and their three children.

Readers offer their best tips for fixing blurry shots from your Android camera, turning off annoying Windows 8 gestures, and tricking your kids with Jedi mind techniques.

Our recent Fathers' Day aroused thoughts about parenting. Doesn't it seem ironic that we are schooled in all manner of things as we grow up and into adulthood, yet the two most important phases of our lives seem left to chance: How to pick a mate; and how to raise little ones.

KONA >> A Kailua-Kona man who ran over and killed his 3-year-old son with a pickup has been sentenced to three months in jail.

Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi has admitted to assaulting his wife in a London restaurant, The London Evening Standard reports.

Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi has admitted to assaulting his wife in a London restaurant, The London Evening Standard reports.

A group of mothers in southern California have all bonded around their love of cannabis -- and they say smoking and eating weed makes them better moms.

North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved petitions for a proposed ballot measure on parental rights.

In the seven years since a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the neck down, Ben Trockman has stopped paying attention to stares from strangers, or at least he's stopped being bothered by them.

If my parents told me once, they told me at least one hundred times, "Don't talk to anyone about their religious or political beliefs."

Isn't it amazing that Kim Kardashian has gone almost three days without saying a word since the birth of her daughter on Saturday? It's a serious record for the reality vixen.

ARECENT poll of 2,000 maintained school heads suggested that schools are not doing enough to develop morals, values and a clear understanding of the difference between right and wrong.

Long before Amy Chua's provocative 2011 memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, raised the bar for tough-love parenting, psychologists at UC Berkeley were studying the effects of three kinds of child-rearing: authoritarian , permissive and authoritative .

About: I don't believe in acting my age or taking life for granted. When the FedEx man walked through my office door almost 25 years ago, I told myself I was going to marry him.

Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviors themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Christiane, a mother from New Jersey, had endured years of conflict with her husband when the couple met Portland psychologist John Stewart.

Bill Cosby will go down in history as being one of the best parents on television.

There's a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown at the Claire Tow Theater, where Daniel Pearle's A Kid Like Jake opens June 17. Directed by Evan Cabnet, this NYC-set parenting drama stars Carla Gugino , Peter Grosz, Caroline Aaron and Michelle Beck.

While kids are always going to fight with their brothers and sisters to some extent, it is possible to have a mostly harmonious family.

Welcome to the Collaborative Youth Team's column, "Parenting Matters!" The Collaborative Youth Team is a partnership of 22 youth and family service organizations and agencies that are here to serve you.