On Losing a Daughter
The people we were died at the exact moment our child did.
Family
The Most Tortured Relationship in America
Monogamy is one of the last bipartisan ideals—even if people struggle to live up to it.
In Praise of ‘Difficult’ Kids
Feisty children can be exhausting. They also possess a moral fire that deserves cultivating.
The Endless Goodbye
More than a decade before my dad died, I lost him to dementia.
Dear Therapist: My Parents Won’t Let Me Tell My Brother I’m Gay
How can I be open and honest with him when he doesn’t know who I am?
To Die in the Time of Pestilence
Watching my wife wither away had been hard enough. Then the pandemic hit.
Sedentary Pandemic Life Is Bad for Our Happiness
The times when we most want comfort and rest may paradoxically be the times we most need to move, for the sake of our well-being.
The Last Children of Down Syndrome
Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.
It’s Not Stealing. It’s Acquiring.
Inside the heads of people who borrow things from friends and never return them
Dear Therapist: I’m Shattered by My Husband’s Sexts
They’re many years old, but they’ve totally upended my world.
What a Simple Haiku Can Do for a Friendship
“I get a glimmer as to what she’s feeling right then, and it also gives me a way to share how I’m feeling with her.”
What We Miss When We’re Masked
There’s a reason people say “It’s so good to see your face!” and not “It’s so good to see your elbows!”
Dear Therapist: I Had a Great Relationship With My In-Laws. Then Everything Changed.
They are judging me for not being a good mom, for not having a job, and for not losing my pregnancy weight fast enough.
How to Cope With Election Agony
In presidential elections, the happiness losers lose more than the winners win.