When I was sent a 9 p.m. text reminder to acquire a balloon for my child's unicycle parade the next day, it was Briana who I ...

In her new book Second Life, Amanda Hess charts the emotional experience of parenthood, mediated through our screens.

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I pictured my partner at my side, weeping but also gazing at me wide-eyed, experiencing my admirable resilience, his capacity ...

Today’s teenagers know what their time is worth, and for better or worse, it’s leaving a lot of parents in the lurch.

As soon as I got pregnant, it became clear to me that I want to build something bigger and set an example as someone who ...

Experts are reassuring, but for moms like me, the FDA pause on milk testing is just one more way parenting feels less safe — ...

Collecting my children’s bagged “personal items” from their school in a socially distanced line while wearing a homemade cloth mask is the most vivid memory I have of the entire coronavirus ...

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 ...

I’ve never lived in a world where “Uncle Michael and Uncle Jon” didn’t exist. Michael is my mother’s older brother, and Jon is… Uncle Jon. For as long as I can remember, he’s been ...

Before I became a parent, I watched friends, newborns in their arms, skip-walk around the room until their babies fell asleep. Others sat on exercise balls, rocking and bouncing to ease out one ...

The hair combing experience is a sacred space between Black mothers and daughters, and I was disappointed when I realized I could not carry this ritual forward. I pay someone to create ...