In “I’ll Show Myself Out,” the comedy writer explores the joys and travails of life with a small child.
Readers suggest promoting breastfeeding, easing access to milk banks, improving F.D.A. oversight and giving expert advice on alternatives. Also: Nuclear risks with Russia.
Los padres están preocupados por las dificultades para hallar alimento en EE. UU., pero los expertos dicen que es posible mantener a tu bebé alimentado y nutrido.
The current crisis has exacerbated an already emotionally charged health care issue in the U.S.
Readers, including those who had abortions, an “unwanted fetus” and an obstetrician, recall how girls and women dealt with unplanned pregnancies pre-Roe.
Cuando un niño de 6 años quiere usar faldas y vestidos para ir a la escuela primaria, sus padres se enfrentan al hecho de que se trata de algo más que ropa.
Keeping your head on the pillow may be a learned behavior.
A survey by McKinsey & Company and Marshall Plan for Moms found that few workers had access to child care benefits, but most mothers said such benefits would make them more likely to accept a job.
When it came to who lost jobs, education mattered much more than gender, a broad new analysis found.
Calling out racism is part of the work, not all of it. After you get rid of the things you don’t like, you need to build the things you do.
La palabra madre significaba abuso y resentimiento. No lloré cuando ella me abandonó. Pero luego conocí a la persona que se convirtió en mi mamá y que me enseñó qué es amar, cuidar y enseñar.
After Abbott Nutrition issued voluntary recalls of its popular baby formulas, retailers have limited purchases, leaving desperate parents searching for solutions.
Debido a la falta de servicios psiquiátricos de internamiento, los menores pasan días e incluso semanas en las salas de emergencias hospitalarias esperando una ayuda que necesitan con desesperación.
With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.
After years of engaging with parenthood from a distance, it’s time for a psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health to take her own advice.
We asked Times readers to share the tips and tricks that have gotten them through the tougher moments of parenting. Here are some of the gems.
Two-thirds of working parents surveyed met the criteria for parental burnout. Here’s how to spot the signs — and get help.
If red-state legislators truly want to limit abortions — legal and illegal — they must create conditions that give women a genuine choice.
Quiero que mis hijas lean, vean y escuchen cualquier cosa que despierte su interés, aunque a mí no me guste.
It takes just a kid and an app.
Readers react to a column by Ross Douthat about culture wars and transgender health care.
The federal government is telling us two different stories.
La depresión, las autolesiones y el suicidio están aumentando entre los adolescentes estadounidenses. Para M, de 13 años, la desolación era prácticamente insoportable.
El periodista encargado de los reportajes para una nueva serie sobre la salud mental de los jóvenes comparte algunas de las cosas que aprendió durante su investigación.
Parents seem to be freaking out over everything their kids see, read and do.
The travails of pandemic parenting have been well documented. But how has this time shaped decision-making (and baby-making) going forward?
Readers discuss a student’s guest essay urging that books be judged on their merits, not political ideology. Also: German car companies; pay gap for mothers.
Readers are split over whether this prospect should be cheered or feared. Also: A hard-line U.S. message to Russia; parents and teachers.
When my mother got Covid in April 2020, I learned what we lose over text.
The journalist behind a new series on adolescent mental health shares the most revelatory behind-the-scenes aspect of the project.
Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For M, a 13-year-old in Minnesota, the despair was almost too much to take.
As many as 200,000 U.S. children have lost a parent to Covid. Their grandparents are taking them in and helping them heal, all while coping with their own grief.
“Because there are so many ways right now to get around frustration, you have to be mindful to raise kids who learn how to tolerate it.”
Readers share stories of how they grew after their divorce or spouse's death.
What the spread of the Delta variant means for sending kids back to the classroom.
Six ways I'm staying healthy and happy.
How to keep your family safe as you celebrate.
Here are six ways I’ve attempted to find space for myself in this odd pandemic year.
The pandemic has been rough for mothers everywhere. But a new study found the employment gender gap was widest in the U.S. and Canada, compared with 26 other developed countries.
In the United States, 1.3 million mothers are out of work because of the pandemic. Their losses are more than economic. Across backgrounds and careers, they describe a loss of identity.
There’s a saying, “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” For Mother’s Day, we’re remembering a handful of influential moms.
Podcast offerings for kids have exploded in the past year. Here are some of the best shows for 6- to 10-year-olds.
An expert's guide to sleep training
A series that examines the pandemic’s effect on working mothers in America.
Use these mediation techniques to build empathy and help them settle disputes themselves.
Hoping to celebrate the holidays with your kids without going overboard? Here are some tips.
Independent play is a skill your kids will use for the rest of their lives — and a way to claim some time for yourself this winter.
The beloved children’s book author on creativity, control and why even a good childhood is hard.
Each week, the editors of The New York Times’s Parenting section ask readers to share little victories that have made the long days of pandemic child-rearing a bit easier.
Mayor Bill de Blasio canceled the start of in-person classes for the country’s largest school system just three days before they were set to begin, sowing even more confusing among parents and educators.
‘The most wonderful thing is that you’re home with your kids all the time. And the worst thing is that you’re home, with your kids, all the time.’
The coronavirus is turning everyday pleasures into extravagances available only to those willing to shell out big bucks.
Sixteen women on their personal transformations.
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With “nunchi,” all you need is your eyes, your ears and a quiet mind.
A roundup of new guidance from NYT Parenting.
Dr. Peter Hotez has devoted his career to making vaccines more widely available. He routinely gets attacked for it.
In a lost photo, I found the memory of my dad I wanted to preserve.
Faith, like feminism, sets high expectations for husbands.
Liars and thieves should not be allowed to detract from legitimate scientific research that has made umbilical cord blood mystic in its regenerative powers.
A Bubbe and a Nana share the joys of grandparenting: “This is the closest we get to immortality, right?”
Changes to middle school enrollment in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan could force City Hall to take action on school segregation.
What are the things you do that drive your parents crazy? How can parents and teenagers work to better handle these situations?
Men in Japan do fewer hours of domestic work than in any other wealthy nation. Mothers and fathers there told us how they’ve managed to buck the norm.
Royal baby superfans are beside themselves, and London’s tourism industry is ready to cater to travelers besotted by the Duchess of Sussex and infant.