Life is a firework, a burst of light in the sky. When you die, it's like the rocket is falling. But for a ghost, like the girl Hanlon killed, death is a bad photograph, transfixing you.

Dad hit us, Mom watched, and then -- a miracle.

Plenty of kids taught by their parents end up with great educations and social skills. I wasn't one of them

Republicans' go-to talking heads: Their moms (and dad)

If mommyblogs existed in the comics universe, they would surely tear these characters apart

An exclusive joint interview: Wariner with her cousin Anna, daughter of the rival prophet who assassinated her dad

Before they died, I was a neglected child. I went to the psychic to give them one more chance to get it right

A commentator said Biles's parents were "NOT her parents;" Twitter revealed that adoption is still cloaked in shame

Why mothers were front and center Sunday night

Searching for a father figure, I finally found a man I could trust. He lavished attention on me -- it just wasn't the right kind.

OK, so they're technically not my mom's dumplings. But I wish she were here

Mitt Romney pulls a Mitt Romney

After sex, I talked about incest

At my childhood kitchen table, in broken English and Japanese, my father taught me about family, the past and the poignant pleasures of food.

Years of health-care reporting couldn't prepare me for what befell my mother -- and my family