Giving my kids the option to opt out of lockdown drills is deeply personal. Really, it’s a prayer; may we keep the melody of our hearts tuned to hope, not fear. May that hope stoke the fires that keep ...

I opened the calendar on my phone and confirmed that there were 38 days until my son’s bar mitzvah. If only I could have one day, I thought — a day in a normal body. My son’s bar mitzvah is a symbolic ...

Sure, I’m neurotic, but it wasn’t just that: Infecting a newborn with RSV is a very real risk when they live with a Petri dish of a toddler. And this particular virus spreads like wildfire in ...

Two of those people are Reagan, 36, and her husband, 40, who live together in Boston and started their baby spreadsheet to help them decide if children were for them. This was partly a financial ...

There is something surreal about scrolling through Instagram and landing on a photo of your own child that you didn’t post. And if, like me, you’re someone who doesn’t share your child on ...

For most parents with access to technology and the privilege to consider how to use it, these decisions are hard, ongoing, and personal.

Halloween is the fishbowl parenting event of the year, really, and I’m already dreading the social dynamics. My kid wants to trick-or-treat with a big group of 7-year-olds, and their parents who ...

Holidays are always a little overwhelming — you want it to be a core memory for your kids and you want it to be magical, so you always feel a little panicked at getting it all right. When you ...

I’m coaching my eight year old daughter’s soccer team. You might be thinking, “What a kind thing to do!” but let me stop you right there: I am coaching because I am an absolute control ...

A new batch of Bluey minisodes dropped last Monday (and not a moment too soon; we were starting to get shaky waiting for new content) and while there were lots of great moments, we want to talk ...

I had a miscarriage a month into my first pregnancy, and like most women, I had no idea how to talk about it at work. I mean, really, I had no idea how to talk about it anywhere, or not without ...