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One Embryo. Three Parents. The Future Is Already Here.
Eight babies were just conceived from one sperm and two eggs. Is it ethical to create polyparental hybrids? And how does it change what it means to be…
L.S. Dugdale
Michael Tobin on Losing a Loved One in Slow Motion
The psychologist discusses the ambiguous grief of Alzheimer’s, how to enjoy life in a bomb shelter, and what it really means to be a patriarch.
Suzy Weiss
25M
Suzy Weiss: Are You Enterpained?
Plus: The art world’s ‘state of the union’ address. Stay-at-home motherhood gets a rebrand. And more!
Suzy Weiss
The Secret of Good Grandparenting
Let your children be the parents they want to be, not the parents you want them to be.
Julie Rose
Julie Rose on the Dos and Don’ts of Grandparenting
The writer and her daughter discuss gentle parenting, generational differences, and giving grace along the way.
Suzy Weiss
25M
I Was a Bad Dad. Then My Son Gave Me a Second Chance.
In my 30s, I wasn’t there for my three older kids. Then I had a fourth the year I turned 59, and he was my redemption staring me in the face.
Joe Nocera
Joe Nocera on Becoming a Better Dad
The Free Press editor on second chances, what fatherhood looks like at 73, and the inspiration for our Ancient Wisdom series.
Suzy Weiss
33M
Things Worth Remembering: The Poem I Read to My Daughter
Aficionados would say Shel Silverstein didn’t write great poetry. I say: Whatever.
Peter Savodnik
Stop Striving and Have a Baby
Growing up rich in Manhattan, I was taught that becoming a parent meant your life was over. My baby daughter has taught me something else.
Nicholas Clairmont
How to Examine Your Marriage and Your Life
Agnes Callard talks to Bari about marriage, divorce, kids, and living with her current and ex-husband.
Bari Weiss
1HR 9M
My Son Died of a Fentanyl OD. Congress Can Prevent It from Happening to Others.
Cutting Narcan distribution from the budget would be unconscionable.
Peter Richmond
The Tao of Geezerhood
‘My younger self’s sense of self-respect rested on the assumption I was someone who didn’t just look at scenery but actively engaged with it. But that…
Stephen Harrigan
The Women Who Made Us
All of the clichés about motherhood are true. But there’s a lot more to say.
The Free Press
Things Worth Remembering: Nora Ephron on Being a Mom
When debating with a 4-year-old about what color of plate is acceptable for his dinner, you may realize: Motherhood is absurd, and very funny.
Hadley Freeman
I Found Freedom in Bland
Few understand my love for Missouri, but the Show Me State taught me what it means to be American.
Keturah Hickman
How Did Having Babies Become Right-Wing?
The government wants to encourage Americans to have more babies. An eclectic male-dominated coalition has some ideas about how. Can they succeed?
Madeleine Kearns
Parents to SCOTUS: Don’t Force Our Kids to Read Books on Sexuality
The battle over whether parents can have any say about what their children are taught in schools goes to the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Bethany Mandel
The Truth About Child Welfare in America
Gavin Peterson, 12, Jahmeik Modlin, 4, and Marcello Meadows, 10 months. They all died because government agencies are discouraged from helping kids.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Things Worth Remembering: Kids These Days Need The Black Stallion
Children’s books should remind kids that there are rewards for persevering past pain and fear. This is the actual heart of adventure stories, and the…
Larissa Phillips
Jonathan Haidt: Taking Back Childhood from Phones—Finally
Americans don’t agree about anything. Except this: Kids belong in the real world.
Jonathan Haidt and Zach Rausch
Letters to the Editor: Two Personal Perspectives on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Plus: A tip from the great Thomas Mallon on filing expenses in the glory days of magazines.
The Free Press
The Junk Science That Gets Parents Convicted of Murder
A Texas man is awaiting execution for shaking his child to death. But even the detective on the case now thinks he’s innocent.
Jennifer Block
How to Keep Chickens in the City
As egg prices rise, the agricultural secretary told Americans: Get some hens! It’s not a bad idea.
Larissa Phillips
WATCH: Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics
Bari Weiss
1HR 25M
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