A new book suggests that there is radical potential in taking a career break — or "power pause" — to raise your kids.

The first and only phone message I’ve gotten from my kid’s elementary school this year was about parking lot safety reminders ...

And I know the feeling of freedom can go away at any time — a medical diagnosis, job loss, even relationships. There are many ...

In June of 2021, I met with Katie and her family to talk about their experience of Katie coming out as transgender in a conservative Southern state. Katie was 18 years old and grew up in a small ...

When Erin Flores visited her doctor for a routine physical in 2016, she wasn’t expecting life-changing news. The discovery of a fibroid in the lining of her uterus left her with two conflicting ...

In late 2021, Rachel Platten was having the kind of nightmare day every parent fears. Her younger daughter, Sophie, then just a few months old, was in the hospital with a 105-degree fever, and ...

Five heavily documented teenagers describe mild embarrassment, a healthy fear of social media, and — get this — empathy for their parents. But what about their children, the kids they ...

It would be a beautiful day if it weren’t for the ash. It’s everywhere, even in my neighborhood in Venice — settling over the streets, falling from the sky. Even with the doors and windows ...

We honor adults’ idiosyncratic food selections all the time — so why are we suspicious and critical of our children’s tastes?

Ten months after her husband, Hal, died, Rebecca Woolf posted on Instagram that she was in a new relationship. She hadn’t meant to “‘meet someone’ meet someone,” as she put it.

I gave birth four times. Out of my body. They were all big bruisers, 9 pounds at least and a few bigger. My babies gave me love and joy and purpose and a bad back and hemorrhoids. I was not mad ...

He may have begun as a one-inch shell in a YouTube short, but 12 years later, Marcel is the star of his own feature movie.