It began as a typical Tuesday evening for *Beth Smith. After giving her two kids dinner, a bath, and tucking them in, she went downstairs to the home office computer to research ideas for a summer family vacation. While her husband, *Steven, was out with a client, Beth figured it was a perfect opportunity to...
TikTok Have you ever woken up one morning, suddenly repulsed by your spouse — when their presence sets a fiery rage into your heart, and you cannot stand them? It may last a few minutes, days or weeks, but eventually, you snap out of it, realizing you were just going through a harder time in...
STasker/Getty Images When I left, I didn’t take much. Some clothes for Joey and me. My toothbrush, my makeup. And Sundae, tail wagging, clueless to the life we were leaving behind. I thought maybe there would be a conversation later — some objection, some claim to her. But there wasn’t. Instead, when I returned the...
Westend61/Getty Images As a kid, there’s nothing worse than your parents arguing, especially after they’ve already split up and you thought they’d finally stop. But if you and your ex still can’t get along, how are you supposed to actually reduce the conflict for your kids’ sake (and your own)? Well, that’s where parallel parenting...