Parenting

Mother’s Day is no Hallmark holiday for mothers of estranged adult children. On that Sunday in May, most will not see or hear from their sons or daughters, while knowing that other families are sharing cards, flowers, meals and memories.

Families are desperately hunting around drugstores and groceries for baby formula amid a nationwide shortage. Analyst Datasembly indicates that 40 percent of leading baby formula products were out of stock in late April.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on weighing a child’s interest in knowing her father against his desire for privacy. A great friend of mine was the donor for my baby. At some point, I know my daughter will ask about her father, and I’m not sure how I will answer her question.

The authors of a new book on puberty had trouble coming up with a name. The guide to growing up, for pre-teens 9 to 13, is written for all kids – girls, boys, nonbinary youth. It's inclusive of the gender spectrum and the trans experience.

It's all about the small things. Parents spend a lot of time telling their kids to be nice to others — especially when siblings are involved. But raising kids who are kind takes more than scolding meanness.

In theory, coming up with a fair division of housework should be simple: Take all the tasks and divide them in two. In practice, it’s more complicated. Some people find certain tasks more bearable than their partners do. Some chores are ones that no one wants to do.

After Abbott Nutrition issued voluntary recalls of its popular baby formulas, retailers have limited purchases, leaving desperate parents searching for solutions. The manufacturer of Ashley Hernandez’s preferred baby formula for her two girls said it was out of stock on its website.

My mother and I are undergoing a kind of transformation in how we talk about our pain. The older she gets, the more she tells me — with great, agonizing detail — about what hurts her, how it hurts her, and what kind of vengeance she plans to inflict upon her enemies.

Karl, a PhD and lecturer at MIT, gave birth to both of his children—and despite being the one with the baby bump, he was routinely asked to wait outside while the nurses attended to his (not pregnant) wife.

You may have seen it on TV, in your workplace, or at school drop-off. Maybe you’ve had firsthand experience, been warned of its impending arrival, or met someone who’s had it themselves. It’s both a neurobiological phenomenon and an institutional failure.

With just a handful of companies making U.S. infant formula, a shutdown of Abbott’s plant had outsized impact on the supply. In the early 1990s, the nation’s biggest makers of baby formula were under fire.

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood—that neighborhood being Queens in New York City. I was walking by one of the local elementary schools and slowed down to watch the girls doing cartwheels at recess.

Young kids’ brains are especially tuned to their mothers’ voices. Teenagers’ brains, in their typical rebellious glory, are most decidedly not.

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Riley San Miguel said her son, Kru, was barely a month old when he started crying all the time, not wanting to eat.

When she's not working as an urban analyst, Taylor Schenker teaches an intro design course to grad students. She also has a side gig designing graphics.