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- Father's Day gifts: bringing dads and daughters closer together
Father's Day gifts should include shared experiences, like a baseball game or gardening project, that allow dads and daughters to explore diverse hobbies and break gender stereotypes.
- Top Picks: The Beach Boys' new album, a book on self-employment, and more
A short film charts skateboarding in Afghanistan, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law star as Holmes and his sidekick in 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,' and more top picks.
- Breakfast in bed for Dad
Celebrate Father's Day with this easy bacon, egg, and cheese bagel casserole he is sure to love.
- Bed bugs: How not to bring them home from summer vacation hot spots
Bed bugs (ick!) hitch rides on summer vacation. With new data on the nation's bed bug hotspots – Philadelphia is No. 1 – there are tips on how not to bring them home.Hint: keep luggage and clothes in the bathroom.
- Meatless Monday: Asparagus pesto
A mild-tasting pesto to help you use up all that extra asparagus.
- Gray snapper in coconut milk
A quick meal for when you don't have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen.
- Rock of Ages: movie review (+trailer)
'Rock of Ages' struggles with tone and two bland leads.
- School is out: Mom needs a panic room
School is out and one mom desperate to entertain the kids may bolt herself in a panic room as she suddenly realizes why book stores have toy sections.
- Kids' online safety: the key is trust and open dialogue, not fear
Kids' safety online is most impacted by open communication and trust with their parents. However, parents are often fearful and confused because of the mixed messages they receive from the media.
- Father's Day thank-you list: Top 10 reasons a mom gushes
Father's Day is a good time for a thank-you list to dads – time to step away from the "mommy wars" and celebrate the Top 10 thank-yous one mom has for the major role a dad plays in raising kids.
- Summertime mint dressing
A favorite, all-purpose summer condiment.
- Hugh Laurie may appear in the remake of 'RoboCop'
Laurie is currently in negotiations to appear in the film.
- Children of immigrant families lack proper health care, education
Children growing up in immigrant families – now one in four in the US – are less likely to be covered by health insurance and graduate from high school, says report from Foundation for Child Development.
- Father's Day is every day with surfer dad and 'adventure time'
Father's Day can be every day because this surfer dad's wife feels the need to 'give Papas back their John Wayne meets Father-Knows-Bestness' and ditch the popular culture mantra that Dads can be loveable but incompetent nitwits. 'Adventure time' is prime evidence of this dad's awesomeness.
- Visions of unsugared plums
Growing one’s own fruit is seductive, given most supermarket fare. But doing so can be demanding.
- Verbal EnergyOn the rebound after a deeply moving experience.
A household move reminds the Monitor's language columnist how short words can be the most intense.
- Father's Day gifts: personalized, stereotyped for 70 million dads
Father's Day gifts: You can't buy a nap for him, so try any one of 70 million personalized, stereotyped gifts online.
- 'Dallas' does the near-impossible by crafting a satisfying new show
'Dallas,' a continuation of the saga of the oil-rich Ewings, has an almost perfect cast.
- Swift to give back
While other pop stars make headlines for behaving badly, country singer Taylor Swift made the news last May for her philanthropic efforts.