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Parenting kids through divorce

WASHINGTON — Celebrity splits are dominating the news this week, but divorce isn’t limited to Hollywood.

Fifty-percent of all children born today will have parents divorce by the time they are 16. And there’s no denying that divorce is hard on kids. Leslie Morgan Steiner, parenting expert and blogger at modernmom.com, shares some advice on how to parent kids through a divorce.

Best cars for teens 2020, as picked by US News

By Rick Massimo
Looking for a car for a young driver can be nerve-wracking, but some cars are designed to give nervous parents a little more peace of mind. And that’s why they’re on US News and World Report’s Best Cars for Teens list for 2020. “The best cars for teens and new drivers are cars that have safety features that can really keep them accident-free while they're still developing their skills,” said Jamie Page Deaton, US News’ executive editor for cars. “They're going to encounter situations once they're on their own that they did not encounter while they were in driver's ed.” She gave emergency braking as an example — “a lot of teens won't practice that maneuver as part of driver's ed. Some driver's ed programs do have that, but a lot of them don't.”
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