Growing up a latchkey kid meant learning to handle quite a lot of things on your own. Gen X was born between 1965 and 1980, which means this year they'll be turning 45 to 60 years old. As a smaller ...

Did you learn everything you needed to know in kindergarten? I sure hope not! If you learned everything you needed to know at 5 years old, you wouldn’t, in all likelihood, be reading this piece, ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. It’s a universal truth – most of us learn life’s ...

There are some important things we don't quite understand until too much time has passed. Everyone's ultimate goal in life is to be happy and content, but getting there is no walk in the park. We all ...

Ten-year-old Dean Thompson drives the combine on his family’s farm, with a little help from his dad. Submitted photo As the sun dipped low on the horizon on a mid-October day, 10-year-old Dean ...

"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." A few years ago I reached a point in my life where my children were a little older and a little more ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Every Tuesday, as part of our Greater Memphis on a Mission series, we highlight organizations making Memphis better. This week, we caught up with a group that believes in teaching ...