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Rethinking Family Vacations

“Vacation is just me washing dishes and doing laundry in a different place,” my mom used to joke to the four of us kids during summer vacations. We took a lot of family trips. My mother was a teacher, so she had the summers free from her paid job; she drove us 10 hours from…

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James Van Der Beek, A Dad We Felt Like We Knew

When a celebrity dad dies, it can feel strangely personal—especially when he was a devoted father to young kids. James Van Der Beek’s death at 48 doesn’t just close a chapter in TV history; it shines a painful spotlight on something many families quietly live through: kids losing a parent far too soon.