Tag: Parenting
What Happens When an Autistic Teenager Becomes Unmanageable at Home?
The Benedicts still find happy moments in their home. Sometimes they play Uno together. Sabrina brims with enthusiasm…
A Family Measures Milestones on an Alaskan Cycling Trip
I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed…
F.D.A. and Abbott Reach Agreement on Baby Formula to Try to Ease Shortage
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday reached an agreement with Abbott Laboratories on the steps needed to…
When Motherhood Is a Horror Show
“The Baby” is clever to convert this mode into comedy, though the mood soon darkens. At first, Natasha’s…
More Kids? After the Last Two Years? No Thanks.
For other older parents, the changes wrought by the pandemic helped clarify their limitations, in ways that were…
‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
How the reporter Matt Richtel spoke to adolescents and parents for this series In mid-April, I was speaking…
In India, Parents of Children with Rare Disease Plea for Help Online
ELURU, India — When her baby started struggling to breathe, Stella Praveen had a terrible feeling that something…
My Daughter Is Having Sex With Her Best Friend. Must I Tell Her Mom?
I am an anesthesiologist at a busy multisurgeon plastic-surgery practice. One of the surgeons has started offering a…
New Vaccine Findings Pose Tough Questions for Parents of Young Children
For American parents, particularly those with young children, the last couple of months have been dizzying and beyond…
Work Burnout: How to Spot Symptoms and What to Do
Changes in eating habits — either eating more or less than usual — can also be a sign…
Migrant Worker’s Tale of Inequality Grips China, Then Is Erased
A large portion of the 1.4 billion Chinese remain poor. About 600 million people, or 40 percent of…
Wary Parents Are Target of New Appeals to Vaccinate Children 5-11
For weeks, the school principal had been imploring Kemika Cosey: Would she please allow her children, 7 and…