My mom and I have a complicated relationship, which I explored in my college apps — but admissions experts advise against writing about your mom.

"Marion, Dad's died," my mom told me over the phone. I was 15 minutes away in Washington State, but my children raced circles around me, needing endless tasks before bed, so I couldn't get to her for ...

Before I had my son, I loved to critique my mother’s parenting. I would think of all the things she didn’t do for me: arrange after-school activities, plan my class schedule, or solve my problems. If ...

LaVina Hawkins is a 45-year-old who lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. When she was 9, she went to her first sleepover and was teased by the other girls. She called her mom and asked to be picked up.

“Where is your favorite place?” my 7-year-old daughter Vivian asked Dan, my forever-fiancé, over sandwiches at Chick-Fil-A this winter. He could have listed off the many cities he had traveled to, but ...

DEAR ANNIE: My brother and I are in our early 50s, and our mom has dementia. Our personal lives could not be more different. I have kids and have been married for 25 years. I returned to the workforce ...