Stepsister starts driving and the nightmare begins Probably the single greatest worry for parents of teenagers, ahead of dating, drugs and pregnancy, is when their adolescent child...

Lynn Armitage Is it just me or is it really HOT in here? Sadly—and prematurely—it happens to be “just me.” Seems I’ve boarded that non-stop train for menopause a wee bit early...

Lynn Armitage The graduation announcement sat on my kitchen counter for a month, staring me down. What to do, what to do?...

Lynn Armitage Single, With Children There’s something about the Fourth of July that reminds me of my marriage. Must be all the fireworks...

Lynn Armitage I never really liked my maiden name: Overman, a German derivation I always had a hard time pronouncing...

Lynn Armitage Last week, my oldest daughter dropped a bombshell. She didn’t want to spend the night at her dad’s anymore because she doesn’t sleep well there...

Lynn Armitage Did you know more couples get married in June than any other time of year? What a superstitious bunch we are...

Lynn Armitage At the height of the recession, when people were losing jobs left and right, I did something very courageous: I jumped into the fire (Stuck my head in the oven is mor...

Lynn Armitage Paternity testing puts all doubts to rest When comedienne Paula Poundstone was once asked if she had any children, she hilariously quipped, “No, I don’t . . ...

In March, my daughters and I took to the high seas to go whale-watching...