I woke up that morning giddy. Something big was happening in our family that day but for once it was not happening to me. I drove us to the urologist’s office, which happened to be in the same ...

I’ve always been proud my hands look just like my mother’s, even though we’ve had a strained relationship for most of my life. That’s because my mother’s hands look like her mother’s hands, and I ...

Jesmille Darbouze on the eternal scourge of mom guilt, the one thing she swore she’d never do as a parent, and pancakes for dinner.

We had some child-free friends over for dinner the other night. My husband had done most of the cooking during nap time, so we could be social. We persuaded my 2-year-old, who likes to imagine himself ...

“Can I help you?” a shopkeeper asks Bandit after a particularly challenging grocery run.“I wish you could mate,” Bandit replies, referring to help with his rambunctious kids.Bluey - Official ...

Hilaria Baldwin, who’s not yet 40, has seven children, four cats, one husband recovering from hip replacement surgery, and a brand-new granddaughter. Ireland, Alec’s daughter with Kim Basinger, had a ...

Five heavily documented teenagers describe mild embarrassment, a healthy fear of social media, and — get this — empathy for their parents. But what about their children, the kids they supposedly ...

I turn away from my husband and his snoring, using my back to try to block out the light from my phone. It is my favorite time of day: 10 p.m., in bed, secretly scrolling my favorite app, NYTimes ...

It’s thankfully much easier than it used to be to find gender neutral clothes and nursery decor beyond just standard yellow, and gender reveal parties seem to be losing popularity (and not just ...

Before Akira arrived, like any pregnant woman having their first child, I had so many preconceived ideas about what motherhood would be like and what my child would be like. I would be a mother who ...

You're just not going to get along with everyone you meet in life, unfortunately. While there are things that you can do to try to find common ground, or at least be polite when you have to deal with ...

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