I turn away from my husband and his snoring, using my back to try to block out the light from my phone. It is my favorite time of day: 10 p.m., in bed, secretly scrolling my favorite app, NYTimes ...

It sometimes drove me crazy, but here’s the thing: The inconvenience and frustration that those gifts caused me seems so unimportant when compared to the way they contributed to the happiness of ...

Around 4PM every evening, my mood descends perfectly in time with the sun. I am creatively depleted from a day of trying to write, my husband usually still has a few more hours of work to do, and ...

It's been 40 years since the first guidelines around pregnancy and exercise. Why do cultural fears and misconceptions still keep so many pregnancy women from being active?

Today, Lepucki still doesn’t use location tracking for her kids, even though her son is now 13 and roams around on his own more and more. “My husband and I have really tried — and it’s not ...

When it comes to orthodontia, the line between necessity and aesthetics has always been fuzzy. But experts say this device is being way over-prescribed.

In my work with parents who are caring for a child with an eating disorder, I’ve become keenly aware of the language we use when talking about kids and food. Our words can shape our attitudes ...

She was kidding, I think. But 14 months later, I gave birth again. It was intense, insane, having two kids under 2 in a tiny New York apartment. Our younger kid was born in May, and my husband’s ...

Jennifer’s spreadsheets began in 2015, after she and her husband had been married for a year and were ready to have a child. The first spreadsheet priced out day care options near their home in ...

I was born with nystagmus, a neurological condition that affects my vision, and until I was in my 30s, I’d only met one person that shared it. At a holiday party with my parents when I was ...

Chicken tortilla soup is always a classic, and this recipe from Spend with Pennies is super easy and has lots of vibrant flavors. You can customize with the amount of heat from the jalapeños, as ...

I woke up that morning giddy. Something big was happening in our family that day but for once it was not happening to me. I drove us to the urologist’s office, which happened to be in the same ...