Single mothers are scary because they are a drain on the state — if they fail by being poor. When they succeed by being able ...

There is a common misconception that it is mostly men or young people who want to be in open relationships, but almost every couple I know who has explored the idea has done so because of a woman ...

It’s thankfully much easier than it used to be to find gender neutral clothes and nursery decor beyond just standard yellow, and gender reveal parties seem to be losing popularity (and not just ...

Hilaria Baldwin, who’s not yet 40, has seven children, four cats, one husband recovering from hip replacement surgery, and a brand-new granddaughter. Ireland, Alec’s daughter with Kim Basinger ...

Paris Hilton really, really wanted a daughter. She wanted a daughter so badly that five weeks before her son, Phoenix, was born via surrogate this past January, Hilton and her husband, venture ...

When someone close to you, like a friend or a family member, has a miscarriage, you might feel a little helpless. You want to be there for them and you want to do something nice for them, but it ...

In Seattle, they auctioned off a Tesla. In New York City, they auctioned off Lasik eye surgery. In a Dallas suburb, they raised $2 million in a single year. You’d be forgiven for thinking that ...

For some babies (and their parents), cold season seems as if it’s every season — especially since trying to relieve a baby’s congestion often feels like a futile task. (Let’s face it ...

Any new parent expects a baby to cry — it’s just part of the whole “having a baby” gig. But, sometimes, even the most patient and steadfast parent can get frazzled by the volume, frequency ...

It’s bedtime on the East Coast, and Maia Knight is outnumbered by babies. Standing at her kitchen sink, she measures out formula for Scout and Violet, the twin girls to whom she is, as her ...

Jenny Slate has asked me to meet her at a general store down the block from where she lives with her family, in the kind of idyllic coastal town in Massachusetts where everyone wears garden clogs ...

Mothering, like all parenting, is work. If anyone was unaware of this fact before the pandemic, 18 months of watching moms nearly drown under the weight of the effort has driven the point home.