Elizabeth Weiss

Arranging at-home activities for your kids instead of sending them to summer camp? Create a meaningful week of earth-focused projects and adventures for a fun and educational experience. Flexibility is the name of the game with kids, especially during the summer, so have a plan and appreciate your routine, but be willing to give it all up for lying in the grass and identifying what you see in the clouds.

Whether you’re considering a move or looking for bragging rights for your hometown, some states of the union are far greener than others. A recent study from WalletHub, the credit-score website, compared each of the 50 states on 23 key metrics, including red states vs. blue states, to see which places are really doing their part to take care of the environment (spoiler alert: blue states win).

They’re decorative and often emit a pleasing fragrance, but flowers serve a much greater purpose than delighting our senses. They promote a healthy ecosystem and biodiversity, serve as a food source, and nourish their surrounding environment. Taking time to choose the most appropriate blooms to plant in an area and allowing native flowers to thrive is a great service to the environment.

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How many times have you watched an implausible movie scene and muttered, “That could never happen in real life”? Turns out, there are plenty of iconic movie, television, and social media moments that viewers consider acceptable when, in real life, they could get you in a tangle with the law.

Struggle to collect child support payments from your ex? Curse your ex for never being around for your children? You may believe it would just be easier to have him or her out of your life – and your children’s lives – for good. But seeking to have someone’s parental rights terminated isn’t always as simple as you might wish, nor does it always end up being beneficial to your children, or you.
A parent is a parent
“Termination of parental rights is seen by the courts and should be seen by lit...

Think you might get a break on your taxes when it comes paying alimony under Trump’s new tax law? In reality, one party in a divorce is poised to enjoy a windfall while the other will lose a valuable tax deduction. For a president who’s been married three times and divorced twice, this tax plan seems to promote prenup agreements (though these may need to be revisited and possible recalculated too) and lump-sum divorce payouts to avoid the tax implications that will apply to alimony in 2019.
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Game day is mostly about the pigskin, but good foodie fare can help dull the pain of disappointing scores. If you're tired of the same old Sunday football foods at game time, these game day snack ideas will be a touchdown. Change the way you look at football snacks forever with creative takes on classic recipes.
Elevate pigs in a blanket
Cocktail weiners are par for the course when it comes to snacks for football games. You can make this offering extra tasty by wrapping the weiners in crescen...

By law, bicyclists have the same rights on the roads as motorists, but that doesn’t mean all motorists honor the law, or that all cyclists follow it. So inevitably, bicycle accidents happen, even though cities like Seattle, considered one of the best American cities for biking, have created protected bike lanes and trails and support better biking infrastructure.

Seattle personal injury attorney Stacie Bain, aka the “bike lawyer,” has focused her legal practice, Rainier Bike Law, on seeking j...

A recent edition of The Washington Post Magazine’s Date Lab—a regular feature pairing two Washingtonians on a blind date—featured two millennials: a polyamorous woman and a woman open to trying something new.
The outing failed to produce fireworks between the women, but the Date Lab write-up did prompt scathing online comments. Total strangers berated the poly dater for broadcasting her lifestyle. Both women were labeled caricatures, members of a confused, experimental generation that needs t...

Where there are sports, there is controversy. And the Olympics are commonly linked to complaints about who won what competition, who’s competing that should not be, and various questions of ethics. As stories buzz about the Zika virus, polluted competition waters, and a doping scandal cutting a swath of banned athletes through the Russian delegation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, it’s a perfect time to highlight some of the most outlandish controversies associated with the Olympic Games...

Fans of The Office will recall the episode in which Pam and Jim have their first child. The comedic twist? Pam accidentally nurses the wrong baby in the hospital. Horrifyingly funny on television; lawsuit-worthy in real life.
The Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law reported an 800 percent increase in breastfeeding-related discrimination lawsuits over the past decade, from nursing mothers and babies being kicked off planes, to a mom who attempted...

Some couples become stronger when experiencing challenges, and infertility is no exception. But the divorce risk is also very real: couples who are unable to conceive a child after years of trying are three times more likely to divorce than those who do succeed.
While every couple battling infertility is different, there are some commonalities that can contribute to divorce, as identified by Crystal Clancy, licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of Iris Reproductive Mental Health in...

The use of smartphones while driving is, as you might suspect, a bad thing, but they can actually come in handy after an auto accident. If you’re well enough after your fender bender to walk around, there are dos and don’ts of gathering auto accident evidence with a smartphone.
Do take pictures
Photographic evidence is critical. Document the scene by taking photos of as much as possible, including:
Long shots and close-ups of damage to all vehicles involved in the accident, especially your ow...

Maybe you graduated from college but can’t land a job and are now stuck paying student loans. Or you have a job, but it doesn’t pay enough for you to live solo. Or you ended up having a “starter marriage” (and didn’t get a prenup), and now you’ve found yourself without a roommate, or a room. Thank goodness the Mom-and-Dad safety net is there to catch you. But what if you’re greeted with a lease when you move back in?
Even the warmest of welcomes might turn frosty at that point. But consider t...