BACK TALK: For the Love of Chocolate

By Christina Katz Nothing comforts quite like chocolate. Whether someone in your brood is celebrating a special occasion or trying to bounce back from a tough day, these five chocolate recipes are sure to make the whole family beam. Teach your kids to make these quick...

Back Talk: Tame the Holiday Circus

By Christa Melnyk Hines Are holiday traditions, parties, volunteer commitments and shopping causing you stress and turning you into a frenzied ringmaster of a runaway circus train? For your sanity and for your health, put the brakes on the holiday rush. Here’s...

HABITS OF GRATITUDE

  By Sandi Schwartz Gratitude is one of the most important ways for us to get a happiness boost, providing us with so many wonderful psychological, physical, and interpersonal benefits. It improves our health, reduces stress, and helps us focus on the positive....

Back Talk: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

By CeCe Vance Wilson As far back as I can remember, I would hear about parents leaving their children with their grandparents in pursuit of a job in another city or state, and the parent would send money home to help support the whole family as they remained part of...