Life

In order to understand why we may fear transition regret and detransition, it’s helpful to think about our relationship with regret overall.

I'm a teacher who is now a parent — here's what I wish I understood when I first started.

Let’s ditch this identity based on dubious ideas about genetics, and define all parental relationships as active bonds of care.

In recent years, a growing number of parents have turned to supplements to help their kids sleep, focus, and be healthy. But pediatricians are alarmed by how little we know about what our kids are taking.

“It felt like I've never played basketball a day in my life.”

As parents, there is only so much we can do individually without greater societal support.

Recent books have made the case that marriage is the key to American prosperity — and divorce the key to happiness. But what if we made our friendships the center of our lives?

Anne Hathaway's Solène is the latest entry in the horny older mom canon — here’s hoping that in The Idea of You, the archetype gets its due.

It doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong by wishing away an hour or a day or even a year.

“I just always go back to the things that made me fall in love with the sport in the first place.”

"It’s not a secret, but I didn’t think that you were ready to know about it yet.”

The Unexpected, Oster’s new book with co-author Dr. Nathan Fox, M.D., takes on pregnancy anxieties that can’t be dismissed by data.

Precisely when we finished weaning, her parental preference shifted dramatically, and in favor of my husband.

And other ways I judge myself.

When Leroux had her children, the National Women’s Soccer League had no formal parental leave policy in place and very few colleagues could give her advice.

“My body has been through the wringer. I have done my part.”