I turn away from my husband and his snoring, using my back to try to block out the light from my phone. It is my favorite time of day: 10 p.m., in bed, secretly scrolling my favorite app, NYTimes ...

It's been 40 years since the first guidelines around pregnancy and exercise. Why do cultural fears and misconceptions still keep so many pregnancy women from being active?

Elizabeth*, 32, has been taking stimulants since the third grade. During her first pregnancy in 2020, her doctor told her she had to stop taking her medication, and she struggled, but felt she had ...

Today, Lepucki still doesn’t use location tracking for her kids, even though her son is now 13 and roams around on his own more and more. “My husband and I have really tried — and it’s not ...

When it comes to orthodontia, the line between necessity and aesthetics has always been fuzzy. But experts say this device is being way over-prescribed.

I woke up that morning giddy. Something big was happening in our family that day but for once it was not happening to me. I drove us to the urologist’s office, which happened to be in the same ...

In my work with parents who are caring for a child with an eating disorder, I’ve become keenly aware of the language we use when talking about kids and food. Our words can shape our attitudes ...

My 1-year-old brushes his own teeth I started letting my little one brush his teeth. I know that sounds so trivial but when his pediatrician told me that he needed to brush them twice a day for at ...

Then there are body image-related red flags: a child restricting certain food groups or hiding food in their rooms; a teacher sharing that a kid is routinely skipping lunch; or a parent noticing ...

Why? Because change is hard. Transitions are hard. New things bring up both fear and excitement, but the former can often take over, as our brains are wired to look for dangers. Adults feel that ...

Jennifer’s spreadsheets began in 2015, after she and her husband had been married for a year and were ready to have a child. The first spreadsheet priced out day care options near their home in ...

It was 6 p.m., about a month into my son’s kindergarten year, when an email popped up telling me there’d be a lockdown drill at school the next day. I responded in a fugue state, replying to ...