Jody Allard

I was born without fingers on my right hand. No one knows why, even now, 36 years later. It just happened, as these things sometimes do.

". . . a couple of people posted the nastiest sex ad they could come up with to Craigslist and published all of the responses, including pictures, email addresses, etc. Unfortunately, my ex husband was dumb enough to use a fake email address but still send this "woman" multiple pictures of himself that included both his face and his dick. It was very obvious to everyone concerned that my husband was soliciting nasty sex online."

Through the years, I've learned that our ideologies matter far less than the quality of the relationships we build with our kids. Your rules and my rules may be entirely different, but if we center our parenting around nurturing and compassion for our kids, we will achieve similar results.

I don't believe that you're incapable of treating me and my friends with compassion. Maybe you just need a little help.

It's Election Day AND National Sandwich Day today and, somehow, I feel like these important two events must be related.

Before I went to therapy, I married a lot of men, had a lot of children, and worked myself to the bone to achieve career success. If I wasn't happy, it was easy to blame that on my alcoholic, cheating husband or raising a tribe of kids or even working too damn much.

ICYMI, Raven-Symone left pretty much everyone shaking their heads this morning when she

Most stories involving robots that have been developed to think and feel end with robot uprisings and the near annihilation of the human race.

You're 15 years old now. You're not a little girl anymore—even though you wish you were, just a little bit.

A Target spokesperson has confirmed that a Chicago neighborhood will soon be the lucky recipient of a brand spanking new Target –– complete with a BAR. That has ALCOHOL.