Features

"What are you watching...?"

In A World Of Limitless Media Options, Why Are Our Kids Watching Dumb YouTube Videos

by Jamie Kenney

More & more, kids seem to gravitate toward short-form media. Should we be worried?

antiracism

Are You The Right Kind Of White Parent?

by Sarah Wheeler

Garrett Bucks’s book cracked open the world of what it means to be a white person in America for me.

Pregnancy

Prenatal Testing Offers Pregnant Women More Information Than Ever — But No Support To Deal With It

by Miranda Rake

I expected prenatal testing to give me the “all clear” on my pregnancy; I was not prepared for the murky answers to the questions I had asked.

Cry Star-Lord, Amen

How Two Lapsed Catholics Explained God To Their Kid

by Johanna Gohmann

A mother grapples with how to explain religion to her son.

Life

Escape From Kalahari

by Megan Angelo

In the landscape of the “family-friendly vacations,” no destination is more emotionally and financially masochistic than the water park.

Love is Blind. (L to R) Clay Gravesend, AD Smith in the season 6 reunion of Love is Blind.
Entertainment

Clay From 'Love Is Blind' Said He's From A "Broken Home" & I Hate It

by Jen McGuire

My sons are from a broken home that was broken by me. I would break it again and again if I was given the choice.

Mother and son play together in the park
Life

"Is It Hard To Do It Alone?"

by Courtney Tenz

I’ve learned quickly that other women do not want to know the truth of single parenting.

Nurse getting late home from work, stroking sleeping daughter’s hair. Portrait of beautiful doctor w...
caregiving

My Night Shifts At The Hospital Changed Bedtime Stories For The Better

by Andrew Givens

Constipated polar bears, organ-donating dolphins, snakes with cancer, and unicorns in need of cesarean sections were just the beginning.

Life

The Marathon Runner Who Got Real About Her Birth Injury

by Melissa Dahl

For Caitlin Phillips, giving up running entirely would feel a lot like giving up her former self.

Life

Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross Knew That Pregnancy Would End Her Running Career

by Jordan Robinson

“I can't think of one athlete that was prominent during the time of my competitions that had a child and came back.”