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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
Tough Love: My Mom’s Boyfriend Is So Annoying
‘He makes outlandish claims, like that he has cured his own diabetes,’ writes a 42-year-old reader who finds his widowed mom’s boyfriend profoundly…
Abigail Shrier
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
Tough Love: My Mom Says Gay Men Can’t Raise Kids
‘I know having two dads is different from a dad and a mom,’ writes a 30-year-old reader, ‘but I’m confident in the life I could provide for my future…
Abigail Shrier
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
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