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  1. family
    Many infant cribs in nursery or daycare
    What Day-care Workers and Preschool Teachers Really Think About Their JobsSix women get candid on dwindling enrollment, priced-out parents, and crying kids.
    As told to Anya Kamenetz
  2. health
    Is Your Head Itchy?The lice are bad this year, and professional delousing services are not cheap.
    By Emily Gould
  3. family
    Child's hands holding card for Mother's day
    How 8 Single Moms Spend Father’s DayFrom throwing a big party to taking the kids to a fancy hotel pool.
    As told to Alyssa Shelasky
  4. celebrity
    A Tour Through All the Cyrus Family DramaMiley is on the outs with Billy Ray? Billy Ray is on the outs with Firerose? Tish married her daughter Noah’s ex? A closer look at the familial drama.
    By Allie Jones
  5. family
    Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son?Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  6. parenting
    The High Stakes of the Group-Family VacationTo be fully seen, in all your dysfunction, and to stay friends afterward? Terrifying! And sublime.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  7. esther calling
    ‘Should I Dump My Dad?’This week’s ‘Esther Calling’ caller is in need of advice about her father, who supports her financially but not emotionally.
    By Esther Perel
  8. mental health
    Do ‘Parentified Children’ Really Have It So Bad?One eldest daughter speaks.
    By Rachel Connolly
  9. recommendations
    7 Books About Complicated Mother-Daughter RelationshipsSpend Mother’s Day reading instead of at brunch.
    By Emily Gould
  10. parenting
    A gift from a child for mothers day - a card from a picture and coffee in bed in the morning
    Who Is Mother’s Day Really For?For those who believe the holiday should be for moms of young kids, our moms — the grandmas — should step aside.
    By Amil Niazi
  11. family
    The Last Thing My Mother WantedHealthy at age 74, she decided there was nothing on earth still keeping her here, not even us.
    By Evelyn Jouvenet
  12. celebrity
    Celebrity Sightings In New York City - April 07, 2024
    Alec Baldwin Hasn’t Ruled Out Having More KidsAt least, not completely.
    By Emily Leibert
  13. celebrity
    63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards – Arrivals
    Are Tish and Noah Cyrus Feuding?The mother-daughter duo are reportedly in “turmoil.”
    By Emily Leibert
  14. parenting
    How I Went From One Kid to Two Without Losing My MindAnd answers to other questions — including how I’ve road-tripped with a newborn and a toddler without losing my mind — from “The Hard Part” readers.
    By Amil Niazi
  15. first person
    My Dad, the Mets, and MeFor years, my relationship with my father was centered around us both cheering for, and mourning over, the losing team. What if we’d already won?
    By Emma Turetsky
  16. parenting
    How (and Where) Are Parents Supposed to Get it On?Being a highly engaged parent in a nuclear family, fulfilling as it can be, often requires that some intimacy between parents gets lost.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  17. esther calling
    ‘How Can I Date When I Feel Unlovable and Unworthy?’Instead of bringing your inherited sense of self-worth to every date, Esther Perel tells this week’s ‘caller, you can make that voice quieter.
    By Esther Perel
  18. parenting
    Sick As a MomBouncing between months of illnesses and bedrest, I could no longer hide my body’s own limits from my kids. We all feel a lot better now.
    By Amil Niazi
  19. first person
    A Sea ChangeTransforming — and healing — my relationship to my body, one open-water swim at a time.
    By Samantha Ladwig
  20. parenting
    Why Are Parents Fixated on Core Memories?It’s supremely hubristic to assume that you can stage-manage the content of your children’s memories.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  21. parenting
    How Much Nostalgia for the Holidays Should We Have?At best it’s a state of arousal that makes your life more vivid. At worst, it’s an unscratchable itch — a jones for a fix that does not exist.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  22. esther calling
    ‘How Do I Have a Relationship With My Birth Mother Without Survivor’s Guilt?’“You don’t become a healer to numb your own feelings,” says Esther Perel. “The question is whether you want to take care of her.”
    By Esther Perel
  23. esther calling
    ‘How Can I Repair With My Family When They Don’t Celebrate My Identity?’“You may have profound disagreements,” Esther Perel says, “but you manage to really hold each other dear in spite of them.”
    By Esther Perel
  24. grief
    Looking for My Brother’s GhostMy brother was no stranger to the supernatural. So when he died, I assumed he’d find me from the other side. He found my son instead.
    By Shelley Sinha
  25. esther calling
    ‘How Do I Forgive My Mother for Passing Down Her Trauma to Me?’After acknowledging her pain and the ways it shaped your relationship, says Esther Perel, ask that she do the same for you.
    By Esther Perel
  26. power
    Maya Kowalski’s $211 Million VerdictA Florida jury found Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg liable on all counts, including contributing to her mother’s suicide.
    By Dyan Neary
  27. health
    What Happened to Maya KowalskiWhen a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?
    By Dyan Neary
  28. parenting
    Childhood Independence Is a Mental-Health IssueWhat if we are inadvertently contributing to a decadeslong crisis?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  29. parenting
    What We Owe Our Families — and What We Don’tJenisha Watts was raised by people who did not keep her safe. Here, she talks about parenting her own child in the shadow of that history.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  30. advice
    ‘How Do I Go On Without My Loved Ones?’The most important thing your ancestors have given you is a heartbeat. Use it well.
    By J.P. Brammer
  31. esther calling
    ‘My Brother’s Wife Ruined Our Relationship’No matter how close siblings are, Esther Perel says, they shouldn’t define what love is for each other as they grow older.
    By Esther Perel
  32. mothers and daughters
    My Mother the CreatorThe daughter of artist Jennifer Bartlett unpacks and reflects on her complicated legacy — at home and in the art world.
    By Alice Carrière
  33. family
    ‘My Mom Is Selfish. Do I Still Have to be a ‘Good Daughter’?’Having a living mom, no matter how self-centered, is important, writes Brooding columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton. Even if frustrating.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  34. first person
    The Rage My Father Gave MeWhen I was growing up, his anger was as routine as it was devastating. Now, I’m fighting to stop my own rage from running my life.
    By Molly Rosen
  35. the bigger picture
    Three Generations of Women Go WestPhotographer Rose Marie Cromwell documents her mother’s and daughter’s aging and growing bodies over the course of several road trips.
    By Nadine Zylberberg
  36. first person
    A Mother’s Love That Wasn’tHer cruelty and neglect couldn’t stop me from loving her. If only she’d been able to say the same.
    By Juan Gaddis
  37. parenting
    Moms Gone WildMotherhood can obliterate you — or it can set you free.
    By Sarah Wheeler
  38. first person
    My Beautiful MomGrowing up, my mother taught me the power of looking good. It wasn’t always pretty.
    By Samantha Leach
  39. brooding
    Bless This Mess(y Fridge)Where better to display the uncurated floatsam of our actual lives?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  40. rich people stuff
    The Fleishman EffectIn a city of Rachels and Libbys, the FX show has some New York moms worried they’re the ones in trouble.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  41. family
    Tripping With My MomAn unspoken, impenetrable chill kept us apart for years. ’Shrooms brought us back together.
    By Jeff Dingler
  42. culture
    Twin Girls Were Separated at Birth — a New Book Explores What Came NextAn interview with Somewhere Sisters author Erika Hayasaki.
    By Hope Reese
  43. family
    What My Mom Taught Me About SexGrowing up, my mother prioritized being with men above all else. Today, I’m still reckoning with what that meant — for her and for me.
    By Tara Ellison
  44. family
    Losing My Dad, Little by LittleMy father’s dementia has already taken so much from our relationship — but not everything.
    By Emili Vesilind
  45. grief
    ‘Nature Has Its Own Way of Ending Life. I’m Changing the Manner and the Time.’Days before her grandfather-in-law was set to fly to Switzerland for a voluntary assisted death, Rachel Handler called him to say good-bye and more.
    By Rachel Handler
  46. all in the family
    Untangling the Secrets of a Teenage MotherWe think of our parents as known quantities. But as Salon editor-in-chief Erin Keane writes in her memoir, Runaway, we rarely know the whole story.
    By Hope Reese
  47. parenting
    My Queer Family vs. the Supreme CourtIf SCOTUS comes for marriage equality next, will I still be considered my son’s mother?
    By Michelle Tea
  48. family
    My Mom Has No FriendsThe loneliness of growing older made bearable with playdates.
    By Monica Corcoran Harel
  49. parenting
    I Can’t Pass This On to My KidsAs the daughter of immigrants, I chose assimilation above all else. I want better for my children.
    By Connie Chang
  50. sober questioning
    ‘How Do I Stop Enabling My Alcoholic Dad Without Losing Him Entirely?’It’s okay to do the “selfish” thing here — whatever that looks like for you.
    By Ana Marie Cox
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