As critic-at-large for The New York Times, Amanda Hess is no stranger to a strong opinion and clear conclusion. But in her first book, Second Life, she joins the rest of us in the sleepless ...

The amount of stuff you have to buy before having a baby feels overwhelming — and that’s because registry guidelines and “comment ‘mama’ for my #1 baby gear picks” and retailers want ...

For TikTok stylist, brand founder and new mom Lily Chapman, it’s all funny business. “Whether I am building my brand or playing with my daughter, I make joy the center of everything I do ...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several holiday seasons, you've likely heard about a certain doll who lives in your house during the month of December and serves as one of ...

The holidays are about so many big, important things — time spent with family, making new memories, and practicing gratitude for everything we have. But for kids, let’s be real: a big part of ...

Gone are the days when you hand your wife a bath set from Target and watch her eyes glaze over as she swears she loves it. Three months from now, it will still be rotting next to the tub.

Carmen and her husband, Brendan, parents to two elementary-aged children, both work from home — she as an artist and he as a software developer — and meet at noon, in person, every Monday.

The painter’s wife was in the hospital, so I waited two weeks before telling him I had to find someone else to color-drench my bedroom. I felt bad, but not too bad: I half-assumed he was lying ...

It’s just another day on the internet, and to the surprise of no one, there’s a new rumor to debunk. You know that delicious newborn baby head smell we’re all obsessed with? Well, recently ...

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons have decided that their sons will not have iPads. The parents are leaning in to creating a more analog lifestyle for their little family of four because, as the ...

When friends ask me what it’s like to teach college freshmen, I often give a sort of half-answer that doesn’t quite make sense. “They’re so put together,” I say, “but they’re not ...

I weighed only 5.5 pounds when I was born — full-term but tiny. According to family lore, after I'd been checked out and found to be healthy, the obstetrician quipped, "She's small, but she's a ...