The amount of stuff you have to buy before having a baby feels overwhelming — and that’s because registry guidelines and “comment ‘mama’ for my #1 baby gear picks” and retailers want ...

As critic-at-large for The New York Times, Amanda Hess is no stranger to a strong opinion and clear conclusion. But in her first book, Second Life, she joins the rest of us in the sleepless ...

The holidays are about so many big, important things — time spent with family, making new memories, and practicing gratitude for everything we have. But for kids, let’s be real: a big part of ...

As much as fans love Jennifer Garner, it’s possible they might love her mom Pat Garner even more. Pat has become a regular fixture on her daughter’s Instagram feed, and fans have come to ...

Set in Mo’orea, a remote and stunningly beautiful French Polynesian island, and New York City, an accessible and mostly disagreeable place, The Limits tells the story of characters navigating ...

Once I figured this out, missing out on motherhood was no longer the foundational disappointment of my life. Auntie Suzie I Love The Person I Get To Be With Kids: Silly, Rebellious, Completely OK ...

Americans are lonely, alarmingly so. Last year, the nation’s leading public health authority, the US Surgeon General, released a report documenting an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation.” ...

It’s just another day on the internet, and to the surprise of no one, there’s a new rumor to debunk. You know that delicious newborn baby head smell we’re all obsessed with? Well, recently ...

My 12-year-old son has developed a fondness for sending me frenetic, nonsensical YouTube shorts.When I’ve reached my limit for the day — somewhere around the 17th — I usually respond with ...

When friends ask me what it’s like to teach college freshmen, I often give a sort of half-answer that doesn’t quite make sense. “They’re so put together,” I say, “but they’re not ...

I weighed only 5.5 pounds when I was born — full-term but tiny. According to family lore, after I'd been checked out and found to be healthy, the obstetrician quipped, "She's small, but she's a ...

Emmalea Zummo was the teen face of the weight-loss drug Wegovy. In November 2022, after a study in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed the weekly injection was highly effective in helping ...