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Tag Archives: Families and Family Life
How to Stay Close to Grandkids Who Have a Busy Schedule
You can stay close and connected by creating one-on-one moments, and participating in their interests.
What Do Working Families Think of the Child Tax Credit?
Many said work is the price of admission for eligibility for government benefits like the expanded child tax credit.
One Thing I Don’t Plan to Do Before I Die Is Make a Bucket List
Until my cancer diagnosis, I did not understand that one future comes at the exclusion of all others.
Relief, and Worry, for Arrivals From Afghanistan
Afghan refugees and Americans who recently made it to the Washington area are happy to be in the United States, but they fear for those left behind.
‘Grandfamily’ Housing Caters to Older Americans Raising Children
Intergenerational communities are sprouting up as the need grows for homes that suit aging adults and their young charges.
What’s Ripping American Families Apart?
The U.S. seems to be in the middle of a pervasive psychological decline.
How to Raise a Happy Family When You’re Homeless
Stable, affordable housing was out of reach for a Bay Area family. In a new short film, see a personal account of building a home without a house.
You Can’t Take It With You, but You Can Put It in Storage
In rural places where there are few actual homes, there are now more teeny tiny warehouses than you would believe, all for stuff that won’t fit anywhere else.
The Family That Buys Together Stays Together
Seismic shifts in how families live and work, brought on by the pandemic, are creating a surge of baby boom households with multiple generations.
‘Mother, When Will You Come?’: The Covid Orphans of India
Thousands of children lost their parents during a calamitous wave of infections. While the government is vowing to help them, many face the risk of neglect and exploitation when the attention fades.
Entire Families Were Lost in the Surfside Collapse. Here Is One of Their Stories.
Because the disaster happened in the middle of the night, many parents, children, grandparents and siblings were killed together.
How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee
Since 2008, a South Asian American child has been named a champion at every Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Do Falling Birthrates Spell Doom?
Americans are having fewer children, and some economists are raising alarm bells. A debate over how worried you should actually be.
Why More American Women are Delaying Motherhood in their 20s
The birthrate is falling for American women in their 20s, especially in places where the local economy is booming.
Atlanta Shooting Victim’s Sons Struggle to Move Forward
Randy and Eric Park’s mother was among eight people killed in the spa shootings. They have been largely left to navigate the world by themselves.
Turning Child Care Into a New Cold War
Republicans talk a good game about families. And then stiff them.
Ron Lieber: Invest in the People You Love
If you’re emerging from the pandemic in better financial shape than before, ask yourself this: What will you spend to renew your bonds, and how will you do it?
How a Nursing Shortage Affects Families With Disabled Children
A nursing shortage — driven by the pandemic — has made life miserable for parents with profoundly disabled children. “What if I’m so exhausted that I make a mistake?”
It’s 2021. Why Is ‘Supermom’ Still Around?
That archetypal female who is both a career woman and a housewife — whose to-do list spans cooking, cleaning, parenting and earning a substantial paycheck — isn’t doing families any favors.
What Will My Son Remember of This Horrible Year?
Dispatches from the pandemic for my 3-year-old.
The Secret Recipe for All-Fun Parenting
It’s called being an uncle or aunt. I recommend it.
‘What Do I Do Next?’: Orphaned by Covid, Two Teens Find Their Way
The virus took their mother. Now, as the city reopens, a brother and a sister are rebuilding their lives.
My Grandfather Bought a Home in Gaza With His Savings. An Israeli Airstrike Destroyed It.
Palestinians across generations have never been allowed to forget that home is fleeting and can be taken away at any moment.
As Restrictions Loosen, Families Travel Far and Spend Big
Newly vaccinated families are opting for private jets, luxury resorts and guided tours in elaborate new twists on the old-fashioned family reunion.
Learning to Be a Mother Can Take Generations — and Sometimes, Distance
Times readers weigh in on the magic and complications of grandmothers.
At India’s Funeral Pyres, Covid Sunders the Rites of Grief
Mourners in protective gear, or watching from home. Long waits at the cremation grounds. The trauma of loss has become both lonely and public.
Teens Are in Crisis. So Are Their Parents.
As hard as it is to be a teen today, it’s draining being the parent of one.
Covid Pandemic Forces Families to Rethink Nursing Home Care
Even with vaccines, many older people and their relatives are weighing how to manage at-home care for those who can no longer live independently.
Stacey Abrams Contains Multitudes
Her obsessions with public policy and pop culture came together in the new Supreme Court thriller “While Justice Sleeps,” the first time she has used her own name on one of her novels.
They Were Promised a Socialist Paradise, and Ended Up in ‘Hell’
Lee Tae-kyung has campaigned tirelessly in South Korea to share the story of the 93,000 people who migrated from Japan to North Korea from 1959 to 1984 and were forced to stay.
Biden and the Future of the Family
There’s a good case for doing more to improve physical assets. There’s an overwhelming case for doing more to help families with children.
‘Every Time I’m Calling, Someone Has Died’: The Anguish of India’s Diaspora
In WhatsApp chats, video calls, Facebook groups and forums, a global community has scrambled to save, and sometimes mourn, Covid-stricken loved ones.
America Is Brutal to Parents. Biden Is Trying to Change That.
We’re finally on the cusp of a humane family policy.
Biden’s American Families Plan Should Give Power to Parents
Biden gets family policy half right.
Our Homes Have Had Enough of Us, Too
Over the past year, “homesick” and “housebroken” have acquired new meanings.
Biden $1.8 Trillion Plan: Child Care, Student Aid and More
The proposed American Families Plan would expand access to education and child care. It would be financed partly through higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
A New Benefit Raises an Old Question: Which Mothers Should Work?
A groundbreaking child allowance stirs a debate among Republicans between promoting work and promoting traditional families.
What Can You Do With Unvaccinated Kids?
There will be more than one reasonable way to approach the risks of family activities.
If Your Kids Haven’t Gotten the Covid Vaccine, What’s Safe?
There will be more than one reasonable way to approach the risks of family activities.
Show Us Your Pandemic Baby Family Reunions
The Times wants to see families finally welcoming new babies that they couldn’t see in person during the pandemic.
Jessica Rankin and Julie Mehretu Were Partners, Then Friends
Two artists who’ve stayed close, even as the terms of their relationship have evolved.
Online Schools Are Here to Stay, Even After the Pandemic
Some families have come to prefer stand-alone virtual schools and districts are rushing to accommodate them — though questions about remote learning persist.
My Family’s Global Vaccine Journey
We were spread across three continents, at the mercy of vaccine geopolitics. Which of us would be inoculated last?
Seeing Hate, 28 Asian and Asian-American Photographers Focus on Love
In a special project by the Culture desk, artists respond to a climate of fear and racism with images and reflections from the heart.
How I Time Travel to Parent My Adult Son
Once a year I record a brutally honest conversation for my little boy. Here’s why that’s psychologically healthy for both of us.
Young Women Are Dropping Out of School and Work. Is Caregiving the Culprit?
While much of the economy is beginning to bounce back, young people — particularly young women — are living a different reality.
‘I Have No Idea Where My Daughter Is’: Migrant Parents Are Desperate for News
With a record 20,000 migrant children in shelters and detention facilities, many parents have waited weeks to learn what happened to their children after they crossed the border.
Why Students Are Logging In to Class From 7,000 Miles Away
Students are joining remote classes from outside the country. In one New Jersey school district, computers were traced to 24 countries on a day last month.
A Novel Effort to See How Poverty Affects Young Brains
An emerging branch of neuroscience asks a question long on the minds of researchers. Recent stimulus payments make the study more relevant.