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Arthur Brooks: I Live with My Grandchildren. You Should Too.
It’s noisy, crowded, occasionally chaotic, and far happier than the lonely alternative many families accept.
Arthur Brooks
The Journal I Started the Night I Thought I Might Die
During my years as a soldier stationed abroad, I wrote my young sons a journal about fear, courage, and love. Thirty years later, they asked me to…
Mark Hertling
Tough Love: Why Does My Husband Ask Me What to Feed the Kids?
A working mom of three wants to know: ‘Why am I still responsible for dinner planning on nights when I’m not even home?’ Our advice columnist weighs in.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Can I Tell My Daughter She’s Fat?
A mom wants to know if she can encourage her mid-20s kid to ‘actively lose weight.’ Our advice columnist weighs in.
Abigail Shrier
Screens Are Stressing You Out of Your Mind
Every era has its social contagions. In the 18th century, it was romantic despair. In 2026, it’s the compulsive scroll—and it’s rewiring our stress…
Arthur Brooks
The Weekend Press: The Teenage Stoners of America
Plus: Two drinks with the momfluencer who says night nurses are a ‘narcissistic trend.’ Eli Lake remembers Jesse Jackson’s greatest speech. River Page…
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Two Drinks with. . . a Warrior in the Mommy Wars
Erica Komisar goes viral for saying day cares are ‘warehouses for children’ and sleep training is ‘traumatizing.’ But in her apartment on the Upper West…
Madeleine Kearns
Dennis Prager: Right and Wrong Are Not a Matter of Personal Opinion
My goal is not to convince you that God exists. But I am asking you to live as if you believe God exists, and by extension, as if you believe objective…
Dennis Prager
Tough Love: My 38-Year-Old Lives Rent-Free in My Garage
‘How can we get him to become financially independent without alienating him?’ asks a worried father. Our advice columnist weighs in.
Abigail Shrier
Things Worth Remembering: James Van Der Beek Was the Best of Us
The ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, who died Wednesday at 48, sought to teach his kids “how easy it can be to laugh, to love, to cry, to learn . . .and to find…
Mary Katharine Ham
Ancient Wisdom: You Should Know Your Family’s Stories
At 4, I didn’t know enough to ask my grandfather questions about his past. But he played catch with me, tossing a baseball gently and with patience. And…
John D. Spooner
I Married a Man I’d Known a Few Months
You have to take your time before you commit to someone. That was the advice I grew up with. I completely ignored it.
Kara Kennedy
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