Home is place where a person or family lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable being. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade and the things and people that one loves becomes the focus.

The word "home" is also used for various residential institutions which aspire to create a home-like atmosphere, such as a retirement home, a nursing home, a 'group home' (an orphanage for children or a retirement home for adults), a foster home, etc.

Psychological impact

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NYT > Home & Garden

A Dream Home Undone by Divorce
By PENELOPE GREEN Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:25:13 -0000
Leslie Williams bought what she thought was her dream house, but her marriage was finished long before the renovation.
Building With Whole Trees
By ANNE RAVER Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:38:12 -0000
Roald Gundersen is an architect who may revolutionize the building industry.
Getting Serious About Your House and the Market
By KATE MURPHY Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:13:31 -0000
Homeowners can still arrive at a reasonably accurate real estate appraisal even in these uncertain times.
Seen: Beauty at the Ball
By JOYCE WADLER Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:51:35 -0000
The theme of the New York Design Center Masquerade Ball was 1930s musicals, and members of a few design firms came identically costumed.
At Home Abroad: In China, an Apartment Renovation Presents New Challenges
By THOMAS GRANT III Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:23:07 -0000
Forced to choose between New York and his partner, Thomas Grant III created an American-style home in China.
The Fix: A Cheap Deadbolt Is No Bargain
By ARIANNE COHEN Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:12:26 -0000
Even for renters, a lock is a good long-term investment.

L.A. Times - Home & Garden

Datebook
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
OCT. 31
Unconditional love -- and hate -- for Shel Silverstein's books
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
It's a pity that Madeleine Brand did not heed her own advice and refrain from "throwing yet another (b)log on the towering inferno of mommy blogs out there" [Parenting on the Edge, Oct. 17, and related podcast]. In her commentary about children's books that should be grounded, Brand finds such venerable classics as "The Giving Tree" to be "offensive" because she believes they send a bad message about gender roles. While acknowledging that this book was one she adored and loved as a child, she thinks nothing of slamming this and other classics and depriving the next generation of what have fundamentally become beloved children's literature.
Mel B gives the Valley more Spice
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
Melanie 'Scary Spice' Brown purchases a gated home for $3.15 million. Singer Melanie Brown, also known as Scary Spice from her days with the Spice Girls, has purchased a gated home in the San Fernando Valley area for about $3.15 million.
Laguna Niguel couple's yard is used as testing ground
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
The landscape architects experiment with plants, stone and decor before using similar techniques for their clients. When they're at work, landscape designers Annemarie and Matthew Hall are the experts, dispensing advice on how to save water, choose appropriate plants and maximize every square inch. But when they're at home in Laguna Niguel, the Halls are pretty much like the rest of us -- that is, stuck with lousy soil, pestered by snails and always on the lookout for smarter, more affordable ways to maintain an attractive, functional garden.
Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena design a hillside gallery
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
The clients are an artistic couple. The site is a steep slope. The house, like a white canvas, hangs there. Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena are no strangers to the art world. The Los Angeles-based architects' recent commissions include exhibitions in New York and Minneapolis for the photographer Sharon Lockhart, among other artists, and a new space for the Blum & Poe gallery on South La Cienega Boulevard in L.A.
The cream pie days of a 6-year-old
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
Boys are weird, true. They play all the time with capes and lightsabers and all manner of fantasy. And those are just the dads. The 6-year-olds are even worse.

Christian Science Monitor | The Home Forum

Redemption
A poem
'Jingle-belling' in China
Chinese students learning English catch the Christmas spirit as they sing carols to college classmates and staff.
Where did that Christmas song come from?
For kids: The stories behind three popular Christmas songs.
Today's Article on Christian Science: 'Meekness will receive him'
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

Denver Post: Lifestyle

Colorado Children's Campaign has own set of family values
jadavidson@denverpost.com (By Joanne Davidson / The Denver Post) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:09:40 -0700
Utter the words "family values" and whatever conversation you're in will ignite. Everyone's got an opinion; many are scorching hot. The phrase may be a political flashpoint, but Marian Wright Edelman says it shouldn't be.
Jon Caldara likes life in right-hand lane
editor@denverpost.com (Bill Husted

The Denver Post) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:37:25 -0700
Jon Caldara is president of the Independence Institute — a conservative free-market think tank based in Golden which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. He grew up in Littleton and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied economics. He's probably Colorado's best-known right-winger. Bill Husted sat down with him recently over drinks at Tavern Uptown.
Ask Amy
editor@denverpost.com (By Amy Dickinson / Tribune Media Services) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:08 -0700
Dear Amy: I have been dating my fiance for more than three years. He has an old friend who lives in town. She is a female friend, whom I have never met. Over the many years of their friendship, they have on a couple of occasions been sexually intimate (this happened many years ago).

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