School’s Out. Time for a Social Media Reset.
The surgeon general wants more restrictions on social media to protect children’s health. Here’s how to help your kids cut down on screen time this summer.
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The surgeon general wants more restrictions on social media to protect children’s health. Here’s how to help your kids cut down on screen time this summer.
By Catherine Pearson and
Trust your instincts, find the fun and don’t forget that nail clipper.
Many doulas, relied upon for pregnancy and childbirth support, have started offering their services over text and video. Experts say that’s a good thing.
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In the midst of a family crisis, a writer contemplates whether heartache and joy can coexist.
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Though still rare, social workers in animal hospitals are growing in their ranks.
By Katie Thomas and Jamie Kelter Davis
We asked readers to submit their stories of retirement — to share their experiences, as well as their advice.
By The New York Times
Some scientists who study youth mental health say the evidence does not support the notion that social media is harmful per se.
By Ellen Barry
Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental health.
By Ellen Barry and Cecilia Kang
Many pregnant women who struggle with drugs put off prenatal care, feeling ashamed and judged. But as fatal overdoses rise, some clinics see pregnancy as an ideal time to help them confront addiction.
By Jan Hoffman and Ilana Panich-Linsman
Looking out for a woman in trouble, from eight states away.
By Amy Stonestrom
TikTok is onto goldendoodles, the designer dog breed that is a cross between golden retriever and poodle, noting that they exhibit quite a few person-like qualities.
By Jessica Roy
This month’s picks include an animated musical comedy starring Brittany Howard and a Marvel superhero adventure packed with martial arts.
By Dina Gachman
With Father’s Day around the corner, we’re looking for tips you’d like to pass on.
By The New York Times
Using guilt and pressure rarely help, experts say.
By Jancee Dunn
For families with children, we found half a dozen beaches in the United States and Mexico, each tailored to a particular summer activity.
By Freda Moon
“What took you so long?” he said.
By Minrose Gwin
Some couples would rather get divorced than talk openly about their intimate lives.
By Catherine Pearson
A tribute to our other mothers.
By Catherine Pearson
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“Kinkeeping” plays a crucial role in a family’s health and well-being, and it’s still predominantly done by women.
By Danielle Friedman
On knowing when it’s time to get out of the house.
By Elizabeth Bobrick
This month’s picks include a nature documentary filmed in the Indian wilderness and an animated family adventure from the studio behind “Despicable Me.”
By Dina Gachman
Many museums around the country have had children’s programs for years — but they are on the rise now more than ever.
By Shivani Vora
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.
By Penelope Green
A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.
By Laurel Graeber
A new category of apps promises to relieve parents of drudgery, with an assist from A.I. But a family’s grunt work is more human, and valuable, than it seems.
By Amanda Hess
It’s not easy to find serenity when memories come flooding in.
By Steve Knopper
The “car key conversation” can be painful for families to navigate. Experts say there are ways to have it with empathy and care.
By Catherine Pearson
“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?
By Catherine Pearson
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With Mother’s Day around the corner, we’re looking for stories about the various ways you have mothered or been mothered.
By Catherine Pearson
Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly.
By Matt Richtel
Life lessons from a 97-year-old lawyer of the old school.
By Teddy Wayne
This month’s picks include a true story of hope and persistence, and Timothée Chalamet’s recent turn as Willy Wonka.
By Dina Gachman
Therapists share the secrets to a drama-free money chat.
By Catherine Pearson
If you have reinvented your life after retiring from a career, we want to hear how it’s going and any advice you have for others.
By The New York Times
On TikTok and Instagram, people are sharing what it’s like to take care of relatives who have reached their final years.
By Frank Rojas
On a hot day in Ghana, a visit to the spot where 0 degrees longitude meets the Equator.
By Emefa Addo Agawu
When people with different tolerances for clutter live together, things can get tense. Experts offer ways to find peace amid the piles.
By Catherine Pearson
My autistic son, the unleashed dogs of Manhattan and me.
By Marie Myung-Ok Lee
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This month’s picks include a space adventure from Richard Linklater and two critically acclaimed tales from Pixar.
By Dina Gachman
The children’s theater company will bring its latest production, “It’s a Marvelous Paper Bag World!,” to stages in New York this spring.
By Laurel Graeber
For each additional minute spent with an electronic device, toddlers said less, heard less and had fewer back-and-forth exchanges with adults.
By Emily Baumgaertner
The death of an animal companion can be every bit as devastating as other types of loss.
By Catherine Pearson
For 40 years, Dr. Jane Burns has been working to find the cause of Kawasaki disease, an illness that can lead to aneurysms and heart attacks. Her work has brought together a most unlikely team.
By Emily Baumgaertner and Ariana Drehsler
Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S. It is often mistaken for scarlet fever, tick-borne diseases or common viruses. Here’s what to look for.
By Emily Baumgaertner
In a letter, Joseph Ladapo said parents at an elementary school with confirmed measles cases can decide whether their children should attend school.
By Dani Blum
The decision means I.V.F. patients who want to transfer frozen embryos to another state may not be able to do so.
By Sarah Kliff
The reason behind the rise isn’t clear, but experts say maternal health may offer some clues.
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta
This month’s picks include a DreamWorks Animation film about the unpredictability of life and a fantastical mystery about hope.
By Dina Gachman
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A tender reimagining of “The Wizard of Oz” follows Dora, an angsty American teenager who initially rejects her family’s Mexican heritage.
By Laurel Graeber
Dozens of people, including babies, were sickened, according to a C.D.C. study that highlighted the risks of snuggling with the strikingly scaly lizards, many of which carry salmonella bacteria in their gut.
By Andrew Jacobs
“Artland,” an ever-expanding fantasy world designed and molded by children, inaugurates the newly renovated 9,500-square-foot wing.
By Laurel Graeber
Not long ago, true crime storytellers had little in the way of first-person footage captured in real time to rely on. Now, as much of our daily lives are documented, the genre is transforming.
By Maya Salam
They’re vulnerable when temperatures plummet, too.
By Catherine Pearson
The sex educator Emily Nagoski’s new book on maintaining intimacy in long-term relationships began at home.
By Catherine Pearson
And she’s not exactly following the rules.
By Kate Brody
This month’s picks include a bevy of animated critters and a science-fiction fantasy.
By Dina Gachman
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III is under scrutiny for concealing his prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. But experts say it can be a common coping mechanism.
By Catherine Pearson
Two studies concluded that depression that began in pregnancy or soon after could have troubling implications for as long as 18 years.
By Pam Belluck
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What small acts of affection help keep you and your partner connected?
By Catherine Pearson
Pay a compliment, focus on the things you can control and, for goodness’ sake, put down your phone.
By Catherine Pearson
In a Rhode Island city, AR-15-style weapons at a police firing range comprise the soundtrack to the school day, inuring children to the threat of violence.
By Emily Baumgaertner
Losing my father helped me find my own holiday tradition — and perhaps even a happy ending.
By Maura Kelly
Small gestures can help lift spirits, experts say.
By Jancee Dunn
Sharing a bed with a restless partner doesn’t have to be torture, experts say. Here are some tips.
By Catherine Pearson
We asked vets how to keep pets safe from respiratory disease this holiday season.
By Catherine Pearson
Having a fight? “You’re overreacting” will only make it worse.
By Jancee Dunn
New research suggests keeping good news to yourself can be energizing.
By Catherine Pearson
Sidestep old grudges and political disagreements, and give yourself the gift of peace.
By Catherine Pearson
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The minivan life takes a turn when the kids are old enough to drive.
By Heather Havrilesky
Dorothy Wiggins needed a hobby after the death of her husband. Now she’s big on TikTok and Instagram.
By Alex Vadukul
We asked 14 psychologists, counselors and therapists for the titles they recommend to couples.
By Hope Reese
Looking after a sick family member can mean putting your own life on hold, often with little recognition or outside support.
By Catherine Pearson
A child looks on as sheriff’s deputies take inventory of her home.
By Bobbi Dempsey
The actor is engaging young audiences again with “Sound Detectives,” a comic mystery podcast that teaches the art of listening.
By Laurel Graeber
Vacationing during the off-season has long been considered a cost-saving boon. But can families with school-aged children take advantage? Should they?
By Lauren Sloss
Nine hundred feet up a rock, I began to question my parenting strategy.
By Erik Vance
Our first horror movie is often a memory imprinted on our brain and, for some of us, our heart.
By Robin Kawakami and Barbara Chai
In “Curses!,” a spooky animated series debuting Friday on Apple TV+, an archaeologist’s family deals with the consequences of looted artifacts.
By Laurel Graeber
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In many relationships, tensions arise as recreational cannabis use becomes more routine.
By Sridhar Pappu
How do you cope with tricky relationships and thorny topics? We want to hear your stories.
By Catherine Pearson
Health officials have revised their recommendations on which children should receive the new drug.
By Dana G. Smith
Fifty thousand people are training to run the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5. But they’re not the only ones feeling the burn.
By Alyson Krueger
Even the small ones add richness to our lives, experts say.
By Jancee Dunn
Collections of short films, both documentary and fiction, make their annual visit to Manhattan, followed by tours around the country and Canada.
By Laurel Graeber
Everyone else is having more sex than you. Men want sex more than women do. And more.
By Catherine Pearson
Meaningful conversations are possible, but you might have to change your approach, experts say.
By Jancee Dunn
For couples in long-term relationships, the “bristle reaction” can make physical connection difficult, experts say.
By Jancee Dunn
For “The Golden Bachelor” and other singles of a certain age, there may be bad dates and false starts. But romance can be infinitely better after decades of life experience.
By Catherine Pearson
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A mom’s view of raising a young teen in 2023.
By Farah Miller
Despite the headlines, the impact of social apps on adolescent mental health isn’t so clear.
By Catherine Pearson
Three girls, one year. This is what it’s like to be 13 today, in a world that can’t stop talking about the dire state of your future.
By Jessica Bennett
Parents and public health experts have a lot to say about what adolescent girls do on their phones. We asked teens to weigh in.
By Sharon Attia
Learning to sleep under the stern gaze of Marcus Aurelius.
By Megan Margulies
When that first tooth emerges, start brushing — and other advice from pediatric dentists.
By Melinda Wenner Moyer
One expert says parents should emphasize the importance of digital literacy and privacy, but bans and heavy surveillance don’t work.
By Melinda Wenner Moyer
In a strange city, a new mother’s routine errand becomes absolutely everything.
By Yael Goldstein-Love
The 3-to-11-year-old crowd can sample music, rest on scented pillows, make digital woodblock prints and study Met museum objects at this new drop-in center.
By Laurel Graeber
In the reboot “Tiny Toons Looniversity,” Babs, Buster and the others from the original 1990s series head to college to learn how to be funny in 2023.
By Laurel Graeber
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We asked experts about how to leave and re-enter with minimal friction.
By Catherine Pearson
Night owls may never truly love the early hours. But there are simple ways to make them feel a little less painful.
By Catherine Pearson
Experts offer tips on what to bring and wear, how to reserve a campsite and extinguish a fire, and other pertinent advice for first-time campers.
By Elaine Glusac
Strategies to resolve silly fights, hurt feelings and other issues.
By Catherine Pearson and Jancee Dunn
It’s never a good time for a rodent infestation. But now?
By Dina Gachman
Libido differences are a common part of relationships, sex therapists say. Here’s how to manage.
By Catherine Pearson
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