Grandparents

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 […]
June 25, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Called You When I Left the Gynecologist’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My First Inkling When I was 7, my grandmother told me she saw […]
May 20, 2024

At a New York Mahjong Tournament, a Younger Generation at the Table

On a drizzly Saturday afternoon, hundreds of mahjong enthusiasts gathered in Downtown Brooklyn to play the 19th-century Chinese game of strategy and luck. As attendees entered […]
May 8, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Does My Grandma Need to Know I’m Gay?

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Jen Poyant, Davis Land and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify| Amazon Music “I said [to my abuela], ‘I’m […]
April 6, 2024

My Grandfather-in-Law, My Roommate

Life lessons from a 97-year-old lawyer of the old school. My wife and I unexpectedly lost our Brooklyn lease in the summer of 2022. With preposterous […]
April 3, 2024

‘Carefluencers’ Are Helping Older Loved Ones, and Posting About It

On the east side of San Jose, Calif., there is an abuela who seems to have more grandchildren than she can count. “A lot of people […]
January 11, 2024

The Silent Glamour of Melania Trump’s Mother, Amalija Knavs

In public, Amalija Knavs did not adhere to the stereotypes of an American grandmother. Throughout the Trump presidency, Amalija Knavs — mother to first lady Melania […]
December 22, 2023

At 93, Teaching Me About Possibility

When I abandoned “grayspeak” — talking to elders like they are toddlers — my conversations with my grandmother finally began. Awake from a nap in her […]
September 27, 2023

Gerry Turner Is the First ‘Golden Bachelor.’ Just Don’t Call Him a Silver Fox.

Gerry Turner, 72, is the lead of ABC’s new dating show — and ready to look for love again. Women keep approaching Gerry Turner in airports, […]
June 9, 2023

What if I Hadn’t Been There to Catch Them?

I never thought I’d be experiencing the heartache and joys of raising three small children, alone, at 62. I yelled at the children to get into […]