Families and Family Life

June 26, 2020
Published by Claire Cain Miller at June 26, 2020
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Pandemic Parenting Was Already Relentless. Then Came Summer.

American parents spend more time and money on their children than ever — and that was before the pandemic. Now, with remote school ending for the […]
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April 23, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at April 23, 2020
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Overheard on Zoom: Co-Workers Talking About My ‘Weird’ Habits

I had two Zoom meetings at the same time at the university where I work. I told my boss I wasn’t sure how long the first […]
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March 27, 2020
Published by James Kuo at March 27, 2020
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On the Front Lines of a Pandemic, ‘I Love You’ Can Mean ‘Goodbye’

“I love you,” I said to my wife. Then, quietly: “Goodbye.” It was 6 a.m. and I was getting up for work. If I had said […]
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March 25, 2020
Published by NELLIE BOWLES at March 25, 2020
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‘A Week of Snow Days’? Ha! Families Deal With Cabin Fever

Anita Tandon and Sujit Chakravarthy, parents of three young children, ages 3 months to 7 years old, have taken extreme measures to keep order in their […]
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February 18, 2020
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at February 18, 2020
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The iPhone at the Deathbed

After Robert Alexander died at 51 during heart surgery in June 2018, after he was taken from the hospital to the facility that would recover the […]
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February 18, 2020
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at February 18, 2020
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The iPhone at the Deathbed

After Robert Alexander died at 51 during heart surgery in June 2018, after he was taken from the hospital to the facility that would recover the […]
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January 3, 2020
Published by Jake Maynard at January 3, 2020
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Trying to Keep Up With Grandma’s Love Life

Three years ago, my mother sent me a text that read, “Gramma Gert: 3, Jake: 0” — the joke being that her 80-year-old mother, Gert, was […]
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December 21, 2019
Published by Jake Michaels and Walter Thompson-Hernandez at December 21, 2019
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The Store Where Los Angeles Converges

The Look The Store Where Los Angeles Converges LA Fresh Poultry, a halal-style butchery in Koreatown, caters to a diverse clientele of home chefs and professionals […]
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November 29, 2019
Published by Laura Zigman at November 29, 2019
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Does It Matter How Many We Are?

When my son was in third grade, I went to his school for a pre-Thanksgiving Day concert. I found a folding chair next to a fellow […]
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November 10, 2017
Published by THE NEW YORK TIMES at November 10, 2017
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Modern Love: Your 13-Word Love Stories

Advertisement Most of the essays we publish in Modern Love are about 1,500 words, and most of their authors could probably wax on longer if space […]
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