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Dear Poll: Who Is the Glue in Your Family?
Family relationships can be tough, but there's usually one person who has the ability to bring everyone together no matter what the circumstances may be. I'm that person in my family, maybe because I'm the oldest, but I'm curious to know about your family dynamic so tell me, who is the glue in your family unit?
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Dear Poll: Who Is the Glue in Your Family?
Do You Have a Contentious Relationship With Anyone in Your Family?
It's no secret that Spencer and his younger sister Stephanie don't get alone, but it seems like he constantly goes out of his way to be mean to her. If he's not reminding her how much he dislikes her then he's making her look foolish in front of her friends, and last night's episode of The Hills proved just that. As we all know, families can be complicated, so tell us, have you ever had an contentious relationship, like Stephanie so clearly does, with anyone in your family?
Do Tell: Were You the Favored Child?
Whether you like to admit it or not, one child is always more favored than the others — it's just the way family dynamics work. At the end of the day, I'm not sure if it's necessarily a good thing to be the favored one, but there's no denying that in every family, there's a pecking order. I know there was in my family so ladies, do tell: Were you the favored child in your family or were you the one always fighting for attention?
Dear Poll: Who Wears the Pants?
A recent study in Iowa examined the dynamic of 72 married couples whose average age was about 33 and average length of marriage was seven years. After observing how the men and women interacted, women appeared to have more power, more domineering and dominant behaviors than their husbands, regardless of who brought up the topic of conversation.
These results were not all that shocking to me, especially since I know so many strong willed women.
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Book Bag: The Kiss Gives Insight Into Mackenzie Phillips
Since revealing her dark family secret to the public, Mackenzie Phillips has described the period after her father molested her at 18 as "consensual." And although her father was a "damaged guy" as she said on the Today show recently, Phillips also said, "I believe I have some accountability for what went down afterwards."
It's this taboo area that writer Kathryn Harrison explores in her disturbing and beautifully written memoir, The Kiss, about a four-year "affair" she had with her father with whom she reconnected at age 20.
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- Building yourself a motorized bar stool is just asking for trouble.
- Heidi Klum is an April Fools' Day role model.
- The Snuggie meets the Sham Wow in infomercial heaven.
- Oh Gisele, please tell us it was a language barrier.
- And what exactly is going on in this family dynamic?
- "Mowing the lawn" and other bad bikini-line puns.
- Just can't get enough Judge Judy.
- The cute Olympics: we have a winner!
Where Do You Stand? Sibling Rivalry
Even though I'm the oldest in my family, I've still fallen victim to sibling rivalry. And while my brother and I are very different, it's that competition that often times pushes us to reach our goals, whatever they may be. Yes, rivalry has a down side too, but tell me, where do you stand on the matter?
Seven Years Later: The World Remembers September 11, 2001
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Just last week, construction workers erected the first steel column on the site where the north tower once stood. Building a museum and memorial on the former World Trade Center site, and despite setbacks, it's set to be completed on the tenth anniversary, in 2011.
The beams of the memorial will carry the signatures of tens of thousands of people.
Turn On or Turn Off? Stay-at-Home Dads
There's something incredibly sexy about a man that's good with kids. Perhaps that quality just pulls on my maternal heart strings, but I have a feeling I'm not alone on this one. Though they're not set in stone, many of the roles we play are dictated by society, and women being the ones who stay at home is one of them.
Are There Still Certain Things You Won't Do in Front of Your Parents?
Even though I'm a grown adult, there are still certain things I don't feel comfortable doing in front of my parents — kissing, drinking too much, etc. — some things are just meant for your peers. Since I'm not a smoker, I can only assume that I'd feel the same way about smoking cigarettes, but it's pretty clear from these pics that Katherine Heigl doesn't agree!
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