Life

Most kids need to learn to do homework in the same way they learn to swim or, even better, do their own laundry.

All Fours is perfect company for Transformation Brain.

Becoming a babysitter in my thirties, I discovered I can be a kid person without having kids.

What Romper editors are looking forward to reading this summer — preferably with a popsicle and one eye on the kiddie pool.

“And I have a tia, a mommy, and a daddy. I’m so lucky.”

The oldest kid in my life is 15; the youngest is in diapers. Here’s what I’ve learned: Your child will probably be fine.

How will they move through the world when their parents aren’t there to tell them how to be? I am an adult in their lives who offers them low-stakes practice in figuring that out.

Once I figured this out, missing out on motherhood was no longer the foundational disappointment of my life.

I want to be able to say, “Oh, we’ve been friends for his whole life,” and to know that’s something we both chose.

Bouder has spent decades as a professional dancer with the New York City Ballet. Now she’s questioning whether it’s a safe world for her daughter to join.

In his essay collection Attachments, Lucas Mann tackles body image, gender, technology, identity, existential grief, and the subgenre that is dad jokes.

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.”