Category: Ties
Parenting Your Parents When They Don’t Want Help
How adult children communicate with parents can go a long way toward easing tensions. Instead of telling your parent what to do, ask how they’d prefer to solve problems. Elicit their priorities and recognize their values when making suggestions.
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Effort to Control Opioids in an ER Leaves Some Sickle Cell Patients in Pain
By Sam Whitehead, WABE India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — ranging from dull...
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Wriggling Around Law, Insurers Deny Coverage for Breastfeeding Help
Families are being forced to pay out-of-pocket for lactation consultants and related services. Is...
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For Meshelle, Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine
Meshelle the Indie Mom of Comedy tells Fierce fitness adviser Dr. Ro how she stays fit — and how...
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Jessye Norman: Farewell to a Down-to-Earth Diva
Jessye Norman would be thrilled by the four-day celebration of her life in Augusta, Georgia, the...
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When Is It Time to Take an Elder’s Cell Phone?
Whether it’s the keys or the keyboard, family members must be vigilant about safety — and...
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10 Fun Ways to Fling Into Spring
Spring is just right for being outdoors — bright and sunny, but not yet humid or hot. Tender new...
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The Power of Your Words: Write a Letter to a Black Girl
Author Tamara Winfrey Harris recently asked for letters for black girls to share at an...
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Sweet Talk — Discuss Michelle Obama’s Memoir “Becoming” Over Dessert
Women have been wanting to talk about Becoming over and over again. Some have given the book or...
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Last-Minute Snacks for Any Get-Together
Getting together with friends and family? Here are some super fast and easy snacks that you can...
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On ‘Becoming’ and Michelle Obama’s Brilliant, Beautiful Approach to Life
Becoming, Michelle Obama’s long-awaited, and already much-loved memoir is a rich, engaging,...
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Join Fierce for ‘Pink Pancakes: A Celebration and Survival Brunch’
Breast cancer survivors, supporters and fighters will share stories, brunch and a celebration of...
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Fierce Voices
Sparing the Rod and
Saving Our Children
Stacey Patton provides a powerful, heart-breaking look at the link with white supremacy and why it's time to stop hitting our children, for their sake and the future of black families. Click here to read.
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