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Forget What Your Parents Told You About Money
Buying a home, chasing credentials, and eliminating debt are not always the right decisions in today’s economy.
Jill Schlesinger
Child Star, Neuroscientist, Crunchy Mom: The Many Sides of Mayim Bialik
The sitcom icon talks fame, faith, and parenting.
Suzy Weiss
1HR 25M
Tough Love: She Only Wanted Two Kids, So I Dumped Her
‘I was up-front about my deal-breakers,’ writes a 33-year-old man. ‘Staying in the New York area and having at least three children.’ Our advice…
Abigail Shrier
Anne Hathaway Is Pregnant at 43—and the Internet Is Out for Blood
Forty-something women are at their peak financially and emotionally. If they are capable of getting pregnant too, it’s cause for celebration—not an…
Kara Kennedy
Don’t Freak Out About Fruit-Flavored Vapes
Teenagers shouldn’t start vaping, but the FDA’s approval of flavored vapes offers new hope for anyone who wants to quit smoking cigarettes, which are…
Sally Satel
Moms Are at War over Sleep Training
Some say letting your baby ‘cry it out’ is a form of ‘emotional neglect.’ Others say it’s a completely safe way of preserving parental sanity. What’s…
Madeleine Kearns
Caitlin Flanagan: Why I Finally Left Los Angeles
The Free Press columnist joins Coleman Hughes to discuss the collapse of Los Angeles, the decline of marriage and motherhood, and what it means to be a…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 1M
Give the Baby Peanut Butter
For years, parents were told to keep infants away from allergenic foods. The science now says the opposite.
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
This Is My Dad’s Last Father’s Day
He has only days, maybe hours, left to live. But he saved his most profound lessons for the end.
Casey Babb
‘Toy Story 5’ Is a Love Letter to Fathers
From an industry that usually portrays dads as fools or tyrants comes something rare: a portrait of fathers as tender, flawed, frightened, and…
Liel Leibovitz
Fathers Are Not Mothers
A mother makes a house a home with warmth and emotional support. But a father ensures that the house and the children in it are strong enough to face…
Alex Berenson
I Was Facing Prison. We Decided to Have a Baby.
During the most unstable chapter of our lives, my wife and I chose to bring another child into the world. Because choosing to be a father—to start…
P.G. Sittenfeld
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