Marilyn Monroe was the American version of the great mother goddess — our Diana, Astarte, Ishtar, Isis.

Signs within the developing culture from the 1950s indicated, even then, a new confusion about sexual identity.

Your teen (16) says she and her boyfriend want to have sex. What should you say?

Help your kids think a little less about getting, and a little more about giving.

"Man lives by reason, which can attain to prudence only after long experience, so that children need to be instructed by their parents who are experienced." - Thomas Aquinas, "Summa contra gentiles"

A contrarian climate change activist says that there's no need to panic.

Studies show authority and love are both crucial.

Americans no longer live in the world of "To Kill a Mockingbird".

In Rudyard Kipling's coming-of-age novel "Captains Courageous", a spoiled, rich teenager named Harvey is initiated into manhood through a series of adventures on a fishing vessel.

Take advantage of this time to enrich family life and reach out to others.