Parenting

My bipolar partner beat me

I want to help him but don't know how

Cary Tennis Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 33
Life Since You Asked, bipolar

Okla. mother’s tearful reunion with her 8-year-old son

Watch as Trenda Purcell is reunited with her young son after the tornado destroyed Briarwood Elementary VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:22 PM UTC
Life Video, Oklahoma tornado, tornado

My miscarriages made me question being pro-choice

I was devastated when I lost my pregnancies, and I wondered: Does grieving this way mean abortion is wrong?

JJ Keith Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 44
Life Abortion, Life stories

Father of gay high school student arrested for dating classmate speaks out

An 18-year-old high school senior is facing felony charges for a consensual, same-sex relationship with a classmate

Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 7:04 PM UTC 141
Life LGBT Rights, Gay Rights

“She Left Me the Gun”: Her mother’s shocking past

What to Read: Behind a memoirist's idyllic childhood lies a story of a brave woman who had her own father arrested

Laura Miller Monday, May 13, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment What to Read, Memoirs

What a mother should be

Men have always brought conflicted ideas to the maternal script. Good thing women keep writing their own lines

Chris Cleave Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:00 AM UTC
Life Mother's Day, Motherhood

Thirteen miles with my teenager

You learn a lot about your hometown -- and your daughter -- when you spend a day walking together away from iPhones

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, May 10, 2013 7:33 PM UTC
Life Parenting, New York City, Cancer

Waiting to love my child

My first baby was born with a rare syndrome. Now pregnant with my second, I wonder: What could happen this time?

Heather Kirn Lanier Tuesday, May 7, 2013 11:45 PM UTC 13
Life New Mom Confessions

I’m sleeping with my ex again — why?

There's nothing to it but the sex, but he makes me feel worthless

Cary Tennis Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18
Life Since You Asked

“Didn’t you get tested?”

Every mom feels judged, but even the sight of my son prompts complicated questions about how he came into the world

Rachel Adams Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 111
Life Real Families, Motherhood

Plastic surgery after the baby

I swore I'd never be one of those vain women, but pregnancy wrecked my body. Now I wonder: Was it a mistake?

Pearl Murphy Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 51
Life Body Wars, plastic surgery

“No one has ever had more than one partner and not paid”

A look at Pam Stenzel, the popular Christian speaker who has renewed controversy over abstinence-only education

Tracy Clark-Flory Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 192
Life Sex Education, Sex, Love and Sex

Dating: What to say about my kid?

As a single mom dating, how much should I reveal about my child's mild intellectual disability?

Cary Tennis Monday, Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 23
Life Since You Asked, dating

“The Astor Orphan”: Rich little poor girl

A woman descended from the fabled Astor clan describes growing up among eccentric artists in a crumbling mansion

Laura Miller Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Entertainment What to Read, Memoir

“How to Create the Perfect Wife”

The true story of man who raised an orphan to be his ideal woman -- and got more than he bargained for

Laura Miller Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13
Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction

Meet the blogger who says “Hey, parents! STFU!”

Parental oversharing is a social-media nightmare. One woman declares war on cuteness, "mommyjacking" and poop pics

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Apr 5, 2013 3:20 PM UTC 63
Technology STFU, parents, Facebook, Books

Study: Men more likely than women to be depressed over childlessness

A British researcher found that heterosexual men are pretty baby crazy, too

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 4:12 PM UTC 10
Life Parenting, men, women, Gender

Adolescents aren’t having sex!

The perception of rampant adolescent sexual activity is wrong. In fact, they're waiting longer than you did

Tracy Clark-Flory Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 7:01 PM UTC
Life Sex, Love and Sex, Parenting

Is Victoria’s Secret targeting teens?

The company has courted controversy yet again by launching its Spring Break-themed "Bright Young Things" campaign

Tracy Clark-Flory Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 30
Business Sex, Teenagers, Parenting

Doctors prescribe a dose of marriage equality

The American Academy of Pediatrics finally endorses same-sex unions — for the sake of the children

Mary Elizabeth Williams Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 6:42 PM UTC
Life

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