The deep pessimism behind the progressive view of marriage.
The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of extracurricular support parents owe their college-bound children.
With the “cheese slice trick” and the “egg crack challenge,” parents vie for viral recognition — and the illusion of control over their children.
The principal duty of friendship is merely presence.
I can’t help feeling that as American culture has become more racially progressive, it’s also become more pathological about race.
Parents and public health experts have a lot to say about what adolescent girls do on their phones. We asked teens to weigh in.
Demographic factors draining Social Security may force Congress to act to sustain our broken child care system.
How the erosion of the convention of raising children inside a two-parent home is damaging families and worsening economic inequality.
Why friendships struggle across this divide.
Como hombre gay casado y pediatra de urgencias, sigo enfrentando dificultades con mis expectativas de tener una vida familiar “tradicional”.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to fairly parent children with different abilities.
An evocation of motherhood as negative capability.
We can’t have a serious conversation about poverty and inequality without contemplating the breakdown of marriage and family.
In a Loudoun County, Va., case that became a national flashpoint over transgender rights, Scott Smith rose to accuse a boy of assaulting his daughter, and a fight ensued.
Despite my deep conviction that conspicuous consumption is one of the many reasons our planet is in terrible trouble, I have come to love the mall.
Despite my deep conviction that conspicuous consumption is one of the many reasons our planet is in terrible trouble, I have come to love the mall.
One expert says parents should emphasize the importance of digital literacy and privacy, but bans and heavy surveillance don’t work.
As the city’s affordability crisis worsens for nearly everyone, even upper-middle-class New Yorkers are struggling to pay for child care. The workers who provide it are struggling too.
Motherhood shouldn’t require a loss of autonomy.
As Los Angeles raced to the top of the N.L. West yet again, six of the team’s players formed a bond by welcoming new babies into their families.
In a strange city, a new mother’s routine errand becomes absolutely everything.
En esta entrevista, la psicóloga Lisa Damour ofrece consejos a los padres para enfrentar la ansiedad académica, resolver una pelea entre amigos y manejar los deseos de independencia.
As a married gay man and an emergency pediatrician, I continue to wrestle with expectations of having a ‘traditional’ family life.
El estudio mostró que la exposición de niños menores de 1 año a las pantallas afecta su desarrollo. Y que la interacción cara a cara con los adultos es fundamental para ellos.
We asked experts about how to leave and re-enter with minimal friction.
There’s a new threat to children’s freedom of thought from A.I. and neurotechnology.
Responses to Sarah Wildman’s essay about life after her child’s death. Also: Clarence Thomas; political novices; lanternflies; ignoring the truth about Donald Trump.
It’s an opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning.
Overprotection may be making kids scared of the world. If so, wouldn’t the obvious solution be more independence?
Local battles are just as important as national ones.
Adoptive parents discuss interracial adoptions. Also: McConnell’s health; U.S. Education Department; fighting climate change; coed bathrooms.
Ruby Franke, a Utah mother known for chronicling her strict parenting style, was arrested after one of her children ran to a neighbor’s house seeking help.
Alex Smith returned to play pro football after a horrific leg injury nearly killed him. Nothing about his recovery prepared him for the helplessness of watching his daughter battle a brain tumor.
A substantial share of fathers who took on more domestic work during lockdowns have kept it up, new data shows, and rearranged their work lives to do so.
Readers criticize a column by Bret Stephens asserting that mask mandates were ineffective. Also: Children and loss; John Fetterman; population growth.
When a viral question goes viral.
The pandemic gave some parents a reprieve. That may be over.
A baby boomlet may not have been 2021’s only productivity increase.
As programs expire, such federal spending is returning to prior levels: $1 for every $6 spent on older adults.
Definitive statements on open questions isn’t the way.
Readers react to an editorial urging an indictment to show that he “is not above the law.” Also: Abortion and data privacy; Moderna’s suit; children’s mental health.
Según los expertos, los niños no tienen riesgo alto de infección. Pero ofrecen consejos para cuidar a todos en el regreso a clases, desde los más pequeños hasta los universitarios.
Experts say children are not at a high risk of infection. But they have advice to keep everyone — from toddlers to college kids — safe.
The crisis kids face at this point in the pandemic is not the virus but the cost of so many years of disrupted school.
They were once Democrats and Republicans. But fears for their children in the pandemic transformed their thinking, turning them into single-issue voters for November’s midterms.
In a new survey, 43 percent of parents of children ages 6 months through 4 years said they would refuse the shots for their kids. An additional 27 percent were uncertain.
We all know what happened with summer 2020. Then 2021 was dampened by Delta. This year, any anticipated return to revelry has been hampered by … *waves hands at everything.* Is there hope for enjoying the once fun season?
When my adult children came home during Covid lockdown, I loved feeling I could protect them.
The payoff feels somewhat anticlimactic.
It was a milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, 18 months after adults first began receiving shots against the virus. The response from parents was notably muted.
Although opening up shots for children under 5 is a milestone, this long-awaited phase of the U.S. immunization effort is being greeted with mixed emotions.
The vaccines seem safe for children and are likely to protect against severe illness. But data on efficacy is thin, and most children have already been infected.
Parents of 4-year-olds should start the vaccination process as soon as possible, according to experts, even if that means beginning with the lower-dose version.
Here are answers to five common questions.
Some scientists believe that a clearer picture of Covid vaccine efficacy could have emerged sooner if investigators had tracked certain immune cells, not just antibodies.
Covid vaccines for young children are finally coming.
Times readers with babies, toddlers or preschoolers who are unvaccinated against the coronavirus wrote in about worries and strains, loneliness and lost time.
Take this Times test to find out.
My fourth grader thinks about every event she’s missed, and I can’t pretend it doesn’t hurt.
A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences.