Life

As parents, there is only so much we can do individually without greater societal support.

Recent books have made the case that marriage is the key to American prosperity — and divorce the key to happiness. But what if we made our friendships the center of our lives?

Anne Hathaway's Solène is the latest entry in the horny older mom canon — here’s hoping that in The Idea of You, the archetype gets its due.

It doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong by wishing away an hour or a day or even a year.

“I just always go back to the things that made me fall in love with the sport in the first place.”

"It’s not a secret, but I didn’t think that you were ready to know about it yet.”

The Unexpected, Oster’s new book with co-author Dr. Nathan Fox, M.D., takes on pregnancy anxieties that can’t be dismissed by data.

Precisely when we finished weaning, her parental preference shifted dramatically, and in favor of my husband.

And other ways I judge myself.

When Leroux had her children, the National Women’s Soccer League had no formal parental leave policy in place and very few colleagues could give her advice.

“My body has been through the wringer. I have done my part.”

“It just doesn’t work for everybody. It’s not magic.”

To read them now is to enter into another, more human way of thinking about what happens between parents and children.

More & more, kids seem to gravitate toward short-form media. Should we be worried?

Garrett Bucks’s book cracked open the world of what it means to be a white person in America for me.

I expected prenatal testing to give me the “all clear” on my pregnancy; I was not prepared for the murky answers to the questions I had asked.