Nancy Garrido‘s attorney says that she misses and loves her daughters. She is, of course, referring to kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard‘s biological daughters, fathered by her accused captor and rapist Phillip Garrido — Nancy’s husband. Make no mistake about it, prosecutors have given Nancy Garrido equal billing when it comes to the criminal counts, hitting her with the same 29 charges her husband is facing — which...

The only thing telling about Levi Johnston‘s tell-all interview in the latest issue of Vanity Fair is that he obviously doesn’t care one whit about his one-year-old son, Tripp. If he did, he wouldn’t be ripping the family of his son’s mother apart for all the world to read. The 19-year-old father holds nothing back in his contempt for Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate and former governor of Alaska....

Do you judge Jaycee Dugard for staying with her captors? You shouldn’t — and here’s why. As a psychologist and a mother, I have been getting a variety of responses regarding the Jaycee Dugard captivity situation. There have been more than a few mothers who said, “I wouldn’t have stayed. Why didn’t she leave?” It is important to understand the psychology of captivity. It is also imperative to understand...

OK, seriously. What is up with all the hateful talk about ex-spouses in the media right now? I understand these can be real, authentic feelings you are having, but please tell your therapist — not David Letterman! I think Jon and Kate Gosselin unleashed Pandora’s box of hatred for an ex and letting millions of people know about it. This is a BIG problem in our culture right now, and the only innocent victims are the children. Anne...