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 ...

Racial justice advocate and best-selling author Austin Channing Brown on raising kids, centering joy, and not being afraid to mess up.

My husband and I were at a party in his co-worker’s backyard when I glanced at my watch for the first time that night and shuddered in surprise. It was 11 p.m. Three hours had passed in a flash, and ...

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 ...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several holiday seasons, you've likely heard about a certain doll who lives in your house during the month of December and serves as one of Santa's ...

You know those TikTok “Clean With Me” videos where some woman does a voiceover that’s like, “My anxiety has been really bad lately and that’s why there’s 8,000 loads of laundry on my floor,” and she’s ...

In the ‘90s, when I was a teenage girl coming into my sexuality, no one captured the male gaze quite like Pamela Anderson. Posters of her draped the bedroom walls of almost every boy I knew. I made ...

My sister with the PhD folds laundry. The other day she called me mid-load: she’s watching The Bachelorette. We discuss the men on the dates (such ding dongs; so many bare ankles!). We discuss how ...

Naming one child is hard enough, but when you find out you’re having triplets (congratulations and godspeed) it can be almost impossible to decide on three names you like. Turning to a list like this ...

I had a miscarriage a month into my first pregnancy, and like most women, I had no idea how to talk about it at work. I mean, really, I had no idea how to talk about it anywhere, or not without ...