DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: When my father passed away we thought he had a life insurance policy, but we haven’t been able to track it down. Do you know of any resources that might help? – Searching Family DEAR SEARCHING: Lost or forgotten life-insurance policies are actually quite common in the U.S. In fact, it’s estimated […]

It’s easy to mock the frenzied baby-naming efforts described in Alex Williams’s “Baby Names That Shout Out …”; the books, the naming consultants, the spreadsheets with categories for government trend data, celebrity naming fads and cultural nuances. Why give  so much weight to a name,  and put so much effort into it? We parents who […]

Q: My son and daughter-in-law divorced a year ago. My daughter-in-law retained the family home and my son moved in with me. They share a 4 1/2-year-old son who goes back and forth between homes. The parents get along and can work through most problems, however, there is one thing on which they don’t agree […]