Families and Family Life

March 13, 2025

Grandparent Doesn’t Agree With ‘Gentle Parenting’

Her mother’s lack of discipline is turning the 10-year-old into a brat, and I’m worried about her future. My stepdaughter has been a single mother for […]
February 26, 2025

‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Carrie Coon on What Being Worthy of Love Really Means

Listen to and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio ‘It’s our inability to be willing to see the person who’s […]
February 21, 2025

Do Elon Musk and His Father Get Along?

Errol Musk questioned his son’s parenting ability on a podcast, but said that his comments had been taken out of context and that they were on […]
January 4, 2025

Harper Steele of the documentary “Will and Harper” and Her Matriarchal Jewelry

Everyone asks Harper Steele about “the Will Ferrell diamonds.” This is what she called a pair of diamond earrings that Mr. Ferrell gave her during one […]
November 12, 2024

Longing for Grandchildren When Your Child Doesn’t Want Kids

A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children. Their parents are grappling with what that means for them. Lydia Birk, 56, has held […]
September 7, 2024

The Great American Family Car Ride

Three bridges, one toll. In the early 1980s, whenever we piled into the family sedan, my siblings and I would jostle one another for space in […]
August 24, 2024

A Community of Brooklyn Moms Make Time to Skateboard After Drop-off

On a chilly, windy morning in March, Nagisa Landfield’s and Leila Noelliste’s skateboard wheels boomed in unison with the clanking of construction work and semi trucks […]
May 15, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Liza Colón-Zayas, of ‘The Bear,’ on Loving Someone Who’s in the Fight of Their Life

Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Pat McCusker, Chelsea Daniel, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon […]
April 20, 2024

Distracted at the Tea Ceremony

It’s not easy to find serenity when memories come flooding in. My fiancée, Meredith, and I were sitting crossed-legged on cushions around a low wooden table […]
April 15, 2024

‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’ and Sibling Birth Order: Does it Matter?

“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it? In a TikTok video that has been watched more […]