Parenthood

We are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. Becoming a parent showed me how tempting, and how dangerous, that exchange can be.

Sometimes, now as parents, we say things and only a while later realize that it was an echo of our parents, from decades before.

Introduce your child to the wide array of vehicles that you might buy to broadcast your loss of identity to the outside world.

I, a thirty-seven-year-old person who majored in film, haven’t seen a movie not chosen by my oxen in more than five years.

Hannah Saidiner uses a mix of animation and photography to document her parent becoming more himself.

Coping with intrusive thoughts about your child getting hurt and other anxiety-inducing parental worries.

The singer-songwriter and Instagram Dad talks about his next album, his time as a management consultant, and his falling out with Kanye West.

Nathan Fielder’s astonishing HBO series captures the anxieties and sorrows of parenting without ever disclosing how “real” its dramas were, or were not.

The author discusses “Skyscrapers,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

Soon-to-be parents also count.

Your six-hundred-seventy-seven-week-old is now going through something your pediatrician calls “puberty.”

In “Rocío and Me,” the filmmaker Louise Monlaü spotlights how having a child with Down syndrome can create a cycle of parenthood that never ends.

One of the reasons I began thinking about I.V.F. was that I was overflowing with love for my wife and wanted a place to put that love.

Richard Yeagley’s short documentary chronicles a year in the life of a couple making difficult decisions about parenthood.

Divorce and disillusion in the Magic Kingdom.

The author discusses “Motherless Child,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.

The case of the Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play shows how precarious parenthood can be.

Religion often frames suffering as punishment. A family tragedy taught me otherwise.

David Gilbert reads his story “Fungus,” from the June 4 & 11, 2018, issue of The New Yorker.

Karen Russell reads her story “Orange World,” from the June 4 & 11, 2018, issue of The New Yorker.