Life

“I want more children, but I’m terrified of experiencing another miscarriage and being left to go septic or something if they completely ban abortion.”

My baby became a local celebrity for his dubious scowl — turns out, he got it from me.

Kids rarely come home from school on February 14th with a feeling of having loved and been loved. Instead, they come home with a bunch of trash.

The group model of prenatal care cuts costs, promotes lasting friendships, and leads to better outcomes. Thirty years later, why isn’t it standard?

Through my work with young people, I've developed concrete ways to connect with kids who are hurting. Here are just a few of them.

Every day after school my mood descends with the sun. Low stakes baking is my antidote to despair.

When only about 10% of low-vision kids are taught braille, something gets lost.

The internet I grew up with was wildly different from the one my daughter will experience.

A new book suggests that there is radical potential in taking a career break to raise your kids.

We need better transportation options — not just for kids, but for everyone.

People in Los Angeles are coping with fear and loss by taking care of each other — directly.

I’m only realizing now how deeply the pandemic colored my perspective on parenting.

We honor adults’ idiosyncratic food selections all the time — so why are we suspicious and critical of our children’s tastes?

When I brought this up to my midwife, she said, “Yeah, we don’t tell people about it because we don’t want to scare you.”

I grew up in a Santa-free family, but man, did I love Christmas. Carols, colored lights, tinsel — all of it.

Increasing numbers of pregnant people are resuming their ADHD meds after the first trimester, under the careful guidance of their doctor.