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‘Lionel Richie’ helicopter brings supplies and smiles to Helene victims: report

It's a tune that uplifts your mood. Lionel Richie is bringing more than smiles to flood victims in western North Carolina. A sketch of the legendary “Stuck on You” singer adorns the tail of a National Guard helicopter tasked with delivering aid to those affected by Hurricane Helen. According to a report in the Charlotte […]

Ditch the helicopter — children need submarine parents

Birth rates are falling. Demographic collapse is imminent. The world is ageing. We are living in a gigantic demographic bottleneck. It's so big and so slow that it's hard for us to see it, we can't even really feel it yet. Submarine parents don’t do anything their kids can’t do for themselves. Submarine parents step […]

My boyfriend’s sister is a helicopter mom and ruining her son

Dear Abby: My future nephew just turned 14. We worry about his future because he has elderly parents (his mother was 42 when he was born) and is very unsociable. His mother is more than a helicopter parent and still orders food for him at restaurants. My son is 15 and very unusual. He is […]