Giving my kids the option to opt out of lockdown drills is deeply personal. Really, it’s a prayer; may we keep the melody of our hearts tuned to hope, not fear. May that hope stoke the fires that keep ...

I opened the calendar on my phone and confirmed that there were 38 days until my son’s bar mitzvah. If only I could have one day, I thought — a day in a normal body. My son’s bar mitzvah is a symbolic ...

For most parents with access to technology and the privilege to consider how to use it, these decisions are hard, ongoing, and personal.

Sure, I’m neurotic, but it wasn’t just that: Infecting a newborn with RSV is a very real risk when they live with a Petri dish of a toddler. And this particular virus spreads like wildfire in ...

Two of those people are Reagan, 36, and her husband, 40, who live together in Boston and started their baby spreadsheet to help them decide if children were for them. This was partly a financial ...

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Because we all know we’re supposed to foster our kids’ independence, but sometimes it’s easier said than done. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex rounded out their four-day trip to Colombia with ...

Looking back, I would not want to have been my mother. But I would want to be her friend.

Halloween is the fishbowl parenting event of the year, really, and I’m already dreading the social dynamics. My kid wants to trick-or-treat with a big group of 7-year-olds, and their parents who ...

There is something surreal about scrolling through Instagram and landing on a photo of your own child that you didn’t post. And if, like me, you’re someone who doesn’t share your child on ...