If a college-graduate child moves back home, put the young adult on a budget to help him/her prepare for financial independence. Create rules that make it clear that the move home is temporary—w...

For people with hearing loss, weak vision or arthritis, using a standard telephone can be challenging. Fortunately, there are phones on the market today that can help. Here are some of the best… Fo...

Q: I’m single again and ready to start dating. What’s the best way to tell a potential sex partner about the mastectomy I had years ago? A: Mentioning a mastectomy to someone you have begun to da...

When I ran into a friend and casually asked how she was, she replied, “Fine”—and then burst into tears. She explained that her cat had died the week before, and my heart went out to her. She wor...

Your once sharp-minded mother has begun to make mistakes when paying her bills…your once strong-as-a-bull father has started to struggle with bags of groceries. Of course, your heart aches to see yo...

During the holidays, when my six siblings and I get together, a favorite pastime is to recall times passed—the annual family treks to Canada, the endless games of “kick the can,” the ritual deco...

You may be putting off clearing out clutter because the task seems daunting and tedious—but it doesn’t have to be. Simply by breaking clutter-clearing into smaller projects, you can make progress ...

Special from Bottom Line/Personal December 15, 2011 William McCarthy, PhD, CPP, president of Threat Research, Inc. (www.ThreatResearchInc.com), and former commanding officer of the NYPD Bomb Squad, a...

Prenuptial agreements—contracts that specify how assets will be divided if a marriage ends in divorce—are no longer just for the ultra-wealthy. A 2010 poll by Harris Interactive found that prenups...

Special from Bottom Line/Personal December 1, 2010 Party snacks don’t have to be loaded with calories to be tasty. Lisa Lillien has made sure of that. Her mission is to turn high-fat foods into low...