Hazing is far from new. As early as Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, ritualized tests of loyalty and endurance were woven into group identity and initiation  (Bruckner, 2018). While the contexts have changed, the impulse behind hazing, proving belonging...

Anthony V. Mack Raising a young man in 2026 is not easy. Most young men describe life as stressful, pressured, and uncertain. When an 18-year-old leaves home for college, those feelings only intensify. Many parents search desperately for the magic formula: something...

By Sean Healey for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Growing up as an only child wasn't bad — just quiet. No chaotic Saturday mornings, no backyard tackle football, no older sibling to show me the ropes, no hand-me-downs. Small losses, maybe,...