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I Tell My 4-Year-Old 'I Love You.' She Has Never Once Said It Back.
My daughter Frankie doesn’t say my name. She knows it. I’ve heard her whisper it at night, curled up in her toddler bed, when the house is quiet and the shadows stretch across the floor. “Mommy,” she breathes, and for a second I believe I’ve dreamed it. At night, behind …
Friends Are Secretly Hoping To Be Left Out Of This Pre-Wedding Tradition — And It's Not Hard To See Why
You feel that you can’t say no, especially if they stood up for you.
My 5-Year-Old Daughter Told Me She Wanted To Take Pole Dancing Lessons. Here's What I Told Her.
Bending over the hot dryer, I spot a corner of an old snapshot of her and her brother that hides almost out of view under the appliance. I inch it out with my big toe. Joseph’s staring at the camera, a look of sheer dread and confusion on his face, …
Should You Ever Be Naked Around Your Kids? Here's What Experts Actually Think
Before preschool, children may not notice or understand the concept of nudity.
I'm Terrified My Boyfriend May Become A Victim Of A Demented New Trump Policy
When we first started going out last October, we discussed what a future might look like for us. Fulbright requires students to return to their home countries for two years after the completion of their program. We have talked about how we might navigate that time apart, but mainly we …
The Great Economy Versus Environment Myth
Environmentalism, in some circles, is still thought to be only about protecting trees and cuddly animals instead of trying to protect the environmental conditions necessary to ensure the health of people all over the world. While environmentalists and environmental NGOs actually spend a great deal of time studying and reporting …
People Who Identify As The 'Loser Sibling' Tend To Develop These Traits As Adults
Having a sibling can feel like a zero-sum game of winners and losers.
I Made A Secret Promise To My Friend In College. 20 Years Later, I Finally Revealed It To Her.
We inhabited a strange, liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. On the one hand, there were moments of feeling invincible. I smoked cigarettes and didn’t care what they might be doing to my body. We sat out on fire escapes and ledges, not worrying that we might fall. On the …
Their Parents May Not Know It, But Most 11- And 12-Year-Olds Are On TikTok
TikTok uses machine learning to predict which videos an individual user is most likely to interact with and then populates their feed with these videos. A “similarity check” replaces videos that look and sound too much like one another to ensure just enough variety so that users don’t get bored. …
If So Many People Have ADHD, Is It Really A Disorder?
Over the past few years, an increasing number of adults are getting ADHD diagnoses. Some seek out diagnosis and treatment for themselves after helping a child through the process. Others start to wonder about the possibility after seeing themselves reflected in stories shared on social media. In many cases, an …
Are Audio Players The Answer To Keeping Kids Off Screens?
New technologies between my Raffi tapes and now have fundamentally transformed the way we consume music and all other audiovisual content. With a few taps on my phone, I can find a recording of almost any song I’ve ever heard — usually for free. But this unfettered access comes at …
5 Signs You’re Co-Ruminating With Your Partner
It can impact relationship satisfaction. Here’s how to identify this harmful cycle.
Women Are Being Ad-Targeted For Minoxidil Like Crazy — But Just How Safe Is It?
For most of my life, my hair has been long, dark, wavy and thick. So thick that when I was growing up, the neighborhood salon charged extra for my cuts because they involved such a great quantity of hair. Blow-drying took ages as the poor stylist worked through layer after …
Gird Your Loins (But Seriously): Americans Are Worried About Violence Related To The Election
Coming up to the finish line of the next presidential election, there are indications that Americans are again worried about the possibility of political violence.
Young Women Are Shifting Left At Historic Rates. Here’s Why That’s So Striking.
“It’s becoming more and more apparent that everything is political, and for so many folks, for women, for queer people, for people of color, for people whose identities span multiple of those things, I think our existence is political,” said Henry.
This Viral Video Captures The Kind Of Moment Young Boys Need More Of
In the video, a group of boys who appear to be around 10 years old surrounds one of their peers. The blond boy in the middle of the circle anxiously shifts his weight. You might think some cruel mockery or another kind of bullying behavior is about to ensue — …
11 Reasons To See A Pelvic Floor Therapist
When you hear the words “pelvic floor therapist,” you might first think of Kegel exercises, which, if you have a vagina, someone has probably told you to be doing. Maybe you’re aware that many people who have given birth often have urinary incontinence afterward, or even that in France, it’s …
What Your Child Should Know If You Have A Family History Of Substance Use Disorder
The truth is that the biggest mistake we can make is to say nothing. Research shows that when it comes to substance abuse, parents’ actions (like allowing kids to drink at home) matter — and so do their words. Studies have found that teens who believe their parents have a …
In New Interview, Biden Defiantly Downplays Mounting Political Crisis
In his first sit-down interview since the June 27 debate, Biden told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that he didn’t believe the polling on his standing in the campaign tells the whole story, and he denied that his allies in the Democratic Party would definitively call for him to step down.
I Dreaded Wedding Dress Shopping. Then The 5 Words I Never Thought I'd Hear Changed Everything.
I expected many things would be assumed of me, including: I was a specific kind of woman (one who’d grown up thinking about her wedding and not being the boy); I was straight (Haley had asked, “How’d you know this was your dude?” but did, to her credit, seamlessly adjust …
Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals She's Struggling With 'Impending Grief' As Son Prepares To Leave Home
If you’re going through something similar to Gwyneth, Emily Mendez a former psychotherapist and mental health writer, says that although it’s not easy, there are ways to deal with the grief.
Should You Let Your Teen Drink Alcohol As Long As It’s Under Your Roof? Experts Weigh In.
“A kid who has their first drink in eighth grade, they have an almost 50% lifelong risk of developing substance use disorder. If it’s pushed by two years, into 10th grade, it drops by half, and if it’s pushed by another two years until they’re 18, it drops again by …
I Got Roped Into A Debate About Hair... Down There. How Had I Missed This New Beauty Standard?
Despite my high comfort level with sensitive subjects (we’d already covered sexual consent, teen pregnancy and STIs), the delivery of this hot-button news item from a 15-year-old honors student left me momentarily speechless. How could there be yet another beauty standard — especially for a concealed body part — to …
I Was Given 6 Months To Live. I Made 1 Unexpected Decision That Helped Me Beat The Odds.
Every morning, as I watch the sun come up over the mountains I never thought I’d live in again, I give thanks for everything in my life that brought me to this moment. Especially that diagnosis. It taught me that I had no time to waste. It taught me how …
The 1 Thing That Child Therapists Say Harms Kids' Happiness The Most
Jennifer Wallace is a journalist and author of the forthcoming book “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic ― And What We Can Do About It.” From a survey she conducted on the topic, and an extensive series of interviews with kids, families, teachers and psychologists, Wallace concluded that “too …