Families and Family Life

October 25, 2023

‘Modern Love Podcast’: I Wrote This Essay, but Then Changed My Mind

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Hans Buetow and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Pat McCusker, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘I’d never seen my […]
September 23, 2023

The Mystery of My Mother’s Prayer Book

A precious object finds its way home. It started with an email. The subject line: “Sylvia Kanner’s Siddur.” Kanner was my late mother’s maiden name. Siddur […]
August 26, 2023

A Family’s Secret Life in a Landmark Building of Manhattan

Family life in Scheffel Hall, a New York City landmark, could get a little complicated. I was 15 the first time it happened. I was staring […]
August 11, 2023

‘A Jacuzzi Is a Person, Not a Machine: The Story Behind the Jacuzzi Family

Candido Jacuzzi didn’t set out to turn his last name into a global brand. Nor did he intend to power a business which, though it created […]
July 12, 2023

The Day My Family Changed Forever

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sonia Herrero, Pat McCusker and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon […]
May 23, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Never Saw My Parents Kiss’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Blinking With Love Growing up in the ’50s, I never saw my parents […]
May 13, 2023

Welcome to the Era of Very Earnest Parenting

Millennials, guided by influencers like Dr. Becky and the women behind Big Little Feelings, are trying to deal with their children in a new way. A […]
May 12, 2023

My Mother, the Stranger

After cutting off all contact with my mother, I tried to let go. Now I’m trying to hold on. I found Soph on an app. I […]
February 24, 2023

How Could I Deny Him Fatherhood?

He wanted children. I didn’t. What happened next was completely unexpected. When we found out the pregnancy was ectopic and life-threatening, my husband vowed to never […]
December 27, 2022

Day 27: What Are Kids Saying About Kwanzaa?

“Kugichagulia!” said Parker Johnson, 5, of Pasadena, Calif., giggling as he pronounced the Swahili word three times in rapid succession. One of the seven principles of […]