When Iolan Kari Miller wanted to start a private therapy practice last year, it was her daughter, Bethany, a sixth-grader, who shifted into the role of therapist to help Miller find the right name. “Well,…

Adapted from a recent online discussion.   Dear Carolyn: My adult son has been married and divorced twice. He has two children from his second marriage. He is now living with, but not married to,…

A must-have for working in education is a love for children. And Faye Yockey fits that to a T. As a former school secretary for 26 years, Faye numbers her kids at Humboldt High School…

Hi Carolyn: My husband and I had baby number three this year, we also have 3- and 5-year-olds. We have a pretty good life and are essentially living the dream, I’m sure. We both work…

This  past week, we had a meeting with some parents in the low-income housing complex on Eisenhower Drive. The parents were desperate for help. For the past few years, or last year, depending on who…

My daughter recently posted on Facebook that she didn’t know if she was a good parent, a bad parent, or no kind of parent at all. She was talking about her boys and what they…

Dear Carolyn: I don’t want to be that mother. You know, the kind inappropriately invested in her kid winning, achieving, etc. But I have those tendencies, because I think I was raised that way myself.…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Students in certain grades at Kansas public and private schools will be required to have two new vaccinations this year. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday that students…

There is no question that the refugee crisis on the border is a humanitarian nightmare. But let us all also agree that unaccompanied migrant minors in federal shelters should be treated with basic human respect…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria, using the only licensed vaccine to protect against the mosquito-spread disease. Although the vaccine only…