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Jessica Horak holds hands with her father, Ed Pope, 80, while getting some fresh air with Horak's son, Freddie, 3, in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Sept. 14, 2019.

Your aging parent needs to move in with you or go to a retirement home. How do you decide?

September 23, 2019 at 1:10 p.m.

When her father's Alzheimer's progressed to the point where he was wandering outside alone and confused, Jessica Horak knew her dad couldn't live alone anymore. "We were trying to think...

Sustainable shopping experience BIDE Market comes to Wicker Park this Sunday

September 12, 2019 at 2:41 p.m.

This Sunday, the vegan, plastic-free and cruelty-free BIDE Market pop-up will be held at the Wicker Park event space Exchange312, where shoppers can browse through everything from hand-woven textiles to...

Tiana Kubik works on an educational lesson with her son, Griffin, 6, on July 23, 2019, inside their van while parked at Montrose Harbor.

Home schooling on the road: Why this Chicago family packs into a big white van for life’s lessons

September 5, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Griffin Kubik spent two years at Chicago Waldorf preschool before his parents pulled the plug on his formal education. The 6-year-old now spends his days with his parents and his...

Stacey Edwards-Dunn watches as her 4-year-old daughter, Shiloh, waves a toy that makes bubbles at their home on June 5, 2019, in Olympia Fields.

Here’s why many black women are silent about their struggle with infertility

June 29, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

Tiffany Harper, a 36-year-old attorney in Chicago, suffered in silence for five years. Expecting to get pregnant as soon as she got married, she was confused when her pregnancy tests...

Elizabeth Grooms, a massage therapist and wellness coach, says she felt FOMO with regard to work.

FOMO can lead to sleep issues and stress. Here’s how to curtail your fear of missing out.

May 15, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

My fourth-grader came home from school crying recently after discovering that she hadn't been invited to a birthday party. I wanted to join in her pity party. I, too, had...

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon, left, and team mental skills coach Bob Tewksbury give a talk about mindfulness and mental health at Steak 48 in Chicago on May 2, 2019.

Joe Maddon meditates, and the Cubs have a mental skills coach: How the team uses mindfulness and encourages kids to do the same

June 17, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

Like most professional baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs have pitching coaches and hitting coaches, but their secret weapon is mindfulness coach Bob Tewksbury. When Matt Garza, a free agent and...

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Your aging parent needs to move in with you or go to a retirement home. How do you decide?

Sustainable shopping experience BIDE Market comes to Wicker Park this Sunday

Home schooling on the road: Why this Chicago family packs into a big white van for life’s lessons

Here’s why many black women are silent about their struggle with infertility

FOMO can lead to sleep issues and stress. Here’s how to curtail your fear of missing out.

Joe Maddon meditates, and the Cubs have a mental skills coach: How the team uses mindfulness and encourages kids to do the same

Crushing on a co-worker when you’re married is normal. Just know: ‘What you feed grows’

Money, time and emotional attachment: Chicagoans offer pros and cons of FSBO home selling

$25 million pledge made to help empower Jewish teens, women

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