By Stephanie Thomas If you’re a parent and you’re reading this article, I can make one big assumption about you: You love your kid. The other details — the ones we’ll get into further down — don’t matter right now. That’s because your love, combined with appropriate action, has the power to set your child on a path toward healing. In this moment, consider your past behavior irrelevant. Grant the same for your spouse. Put your family trauma on hold for a second, and ask yourself the following questions: How can I harness the love I have for my kid? […]

By Wesley Gallagher A glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away – that’s what they say, right? Well, maybe that’s not the phrase, but one of the prevailing thoughts about alcohol is that one or two drinks per day is completely harmless. And in some cases, it’s thought to be good for you. Well, new research is showing that may not be the case. A recent meta-study published in The Lancet involving a total of 600,000 participants suggests that even low levels of alcohol are linked with earlier death, and drinking small amounts of alcohol may not have […]

Many things are handed down through families, from your dad’s blue eyes or your mom’s musical ability to your grandparents’ antique trunk or cherished set of China. But could alcoholism — or the genetic predisposition toward it — be something else you inherit? Scientists have long researched how significant a role genetics play in determining whether children and grandchildren are at risk of inheriting this destructive disease. And the answer, while still up for some debate, is as complex as the gene pool is deep. Is There an Alcoholism Gene? According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, […]