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Tough Love: Is Changing Diapers Women’s Work?
A hands-on dad of four feels emasculated by his brothers-in-law, who fly around the world making deals while their wives look after the kids. Our advice…
Abigail Shrier
I Let My Son Walk to His Grandma’s House. Then the Police Showed Up.
I believe we are raising kids for adulthood, not childhood, and so we need to let them do things on their own. Even the 7-year-olds.
Anna Keating
Why Don’t I Breastfeed? Because I Don’t Want to!
Despite what a random mom online might say, you don’t have to martyr yourself to be a good mother.
Kara Kennedy
Tough Love: A Woman Says My Husband Assaulted Her
‘Should I respond to her and hear her side of the story? Or is trusting my husband enough?’ asks a happily married mother of three. Our advice columnist…
Abigail Shrier
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
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