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Motherhood Wasn’t the Interruption I Expected It to Be
Every day, I kiss my daughter’s curls and thank my lucky stars that I had the privilege to take an early detour.
Solveig Lucia Gold
Tough Love: How Do I Protect My Kids from My Mom?
A dad of three doesn’t want his alcoholic parents to drive his children around, ever. A soon-to-be mom doesn’t want her mother vaping around the baby…
Abigail Shrier
Ancient Wisdom: I Learned of My Wife’s Affair in Her Memoir
I vividly recall the moment I confronted her. She turned from her task and said she loved me. She said the affair meant nothing, that it was a fling. I…
John Skoyles
Your Home Could Be Making You Sick
Doctors are trained to ask whether you smoke, drink, or use drugs. They almost never ask what in your home may be affecting your health.
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
Arthur Brooks: Why Your Neighbor Became a Conspiracy Theorist. And Maybe You, Too.
Millions of Americans aren’t just misinformed. They’re searching for coherence in a world that no longer provides it.
Arthur Brooks
Can Man-Made Eggs Be the Future of Fertility?
A hedge-fund manager and a Harvard biologist are betting that stem cell–derived eggs will transform how humans reproduce.
Maya Sulkin
‘Hannah Montana’ Understood the Internet Before We Did
My generation grew up watching Miley Cyrus defend her private life from her public identity. Then social media made that very dilemma our own.
Sascha Seinfeld
Tough Love: Am I Wrong to Not Want Kids?
An almost-30-year-old reader writes: ‘Lately I have been wondering if I am making a mistake by deciding not to have kids.’ Our advice columnist weighs…
Abigail Shrier
Arthur Brooks: Why Your ‘Perfect’ Life Feels So Empty
I’ve spent most of my career around some of the most accomplished young people in the world. What I’ve found is that they are undeniably, desperately…
Arthur Brooks
I Almost Didn’t Survive ‘The Population Bomb’
When my mother became pregnant with me, my parents were beholden to Paul Ehrlich’s theories. Having me dashed their hippie dreams—but they never…
Larissa Phillips
I’m Proud to Call Myself a Disney Adult
That viral Disney cruise ad is so effective for the same reason Disney remains so popular: It offers a radical vision of American life the rest of the…
Liel Leibovitz
The Boys Are (Mostly) Alright
For all the discussion of the ‘manosphere,’ are young men today really worse than ever?
Josh Kaplan
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