Children and Childhood

November 8, 2022

A Children’s Watch That Tells More Than the Hour

The founder of Blok Watches said its first timepiece helps young wearers see, and understand, the passage of time. Are children being taught how to tell […]
November 4, 2022

‘Design Mom’ Gabrielle Blair Pivots to Politics

After 16 years of making a name for herself as a blogger and home decor expert, Design Mom has written her manifesto — about reproductive health. […]
October 14, 2022

The Art of Dividing Up a Marriage

It’s impossible to know how you will feel in the aftermath of divorce until you’re experiencing it. Every week my daughter divides the artwork she brings […]
September 7, 2022

An 11-Year-Old Geneva Schoolgirl Is Making a Name for Herself in Watches

A Geneva schoolgirl has spent the last year charming the industry with her online opinions about timepieces. GENEVA — She loves colorful high-top Nike sneakers and […]
September 5, 2022

Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa

Mark Kuhn is hunched over, one knee on the ground, pulling dandelions from an otherwise immaculate lawn. With a small, serrated blade, he carefully carves tiny […]
September 1, 2022

An Apple Watch for Your 5-Year-Old? More Parents Say Yes.

Florian Fangohr waffled for about a year over whether to buy an Apple Watch SE as a gift. The smart watch cost $279, and he worried […]
August 19, 2022

‘A Last Act of Intimate Kindness’

I had barely seen my brother in decades, but when time was short, he let me in. The message I had dreaded for years appeared on […]
June 24, 2022

What They Wanted

My grandparents died as they lived: on their own terms and holding hands. There was nothing traditional about my grandparents, other than, perhaps, my grandmother’s rabid […]
May 21, 2022

Dungeons & Dragons Moves Beyond Nerd Culture

The role-playing game has never been more popular, and players seem to be getting more out of it than ever before. Everyone’s been playing Dungeons & […]
March 29, 2022

A Model’s Refugee Story

Irina Lazareanu has a new book about her life in fashion. But it was her life before fashion that haunts her now. It was the recent […]