Families and Family Life

November 23, 2022

How to Survive Your First Holiday Season as Newlyweds

Melding traditions and splitting your time between families can often lead to more dread than jolly. Here’s how to prepare for some of the common pitfalls […]
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. […]
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 […]
July 11, 2022

We’re Not Asking for the Moon

“A lot of us were raised with this mentality of, ‘Find your passion, be happy, the money will follow.’” <!– –> “I’m in a good place […]
May 12, 2022

Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret

With a new memoir, the singer-songwriter from a famous musical family says she is happy to be “letting go of this story of being No. 4 […]
March 25, 2022

The First (and Last) Time She Didn’t Come Home

My sister and I searched for clues in our mother’s desk — and in her life — for why she left us and this world. While […]
February 11, 2022

The Lesbian Writer and Her Flamboyant Gay Husband

Peter taught me to laugh at fate as we lived our dream. At least for a while. Peter and I hitched our wagons young. Early 20s. […]
February 11, 2022

Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. Her Confidence Gave Me Wings.

I had no example of love, not for girls that looked like me. Until my cousin Tiffany. I’ve spent my whole life looking for similarities between […]
February 11, 2022

Our Bond Was Thicker Than Blood

No matter how hard I prayed, my father never appeared. But my godfather always did. I was trying to think about the first time I met […]
February 4, 2022

Loving Him More When He Walks Out the Door

A daily reminder of mortality can be more gift than burden. Six weeks after we married, my husband got a phone call from his mother, and […]