When the television show Gilmore Girls premiered in 2000, my own daughters were five and two years old. At the time, I thought that the fictional relationship between mom Lorelei and her teenage daughter Rory seemed idyllic.I hoped one day I would have that relationship with my own daughter.

Talking about sex with teens doesn’t have to involve talking about details. It involves communicating their value in this world,

My jovial and chatty doctor had the most serious look I’ve ever seen him have. I knew he wasn’t joking when he said those words.

When word got around that some of my son’s classmates were getting high, my slightly superior, self-righteous self had nothing to worry about.

I’m trying not to look at old pictures, trying not to cry too much and taking a stab at total happiness as they become adults.

I am a 52 year-old divorced father who sees every Marvel superhero movie with my two boys.

On moving day, a mother reflects back on raising her, now grown, spirited daughter, and looks toward the future for herself…