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I left my 3-year-old at home for a weeklong cruise with my parents. It reminded me I'm still their daughter, too.
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (772+ words) At our first dinner on Hurtigruten's MS Trollfjord, my parents and I spent most of the meal imagining what my 3-year-old son would have thought. Aksel would have picked at the bread, asked how many courses of "real food" were…...
I'm a dietitian. My kids still eat store-bought PB&Js for lunch — and have no guilt.
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (775+ words) I'm a registered dietitian, a career I chose after becoming a mom. I thought for sure when it came time to start packing school lunches, I would be the one all the other moms looked to for inspiration. I'd have…...
I didn't tell my Y Combinator batchmates I had a kid. I worried they'd think I wasn't hardcore enough.
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (1044+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicholas Charriere, the 36-year-old cofounder of Mocha, an AI app builder. He lives in the Bay Area. It's been edited for length and clarity. I grew up in France. I studied…...
Every new Disney trip shows me a different version of my sons. I still enjoy it, but grieve how quickly childhood went.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (518+ words) We were less than a month out from our 2020 trip when the world shut down. By the time we finally made it back in 2023, six years had passed since our last visit. The experiences they'd once been so excited about…...
Our multigenerational family trip to Spain didn't go as planned. I had to adjust our itinerary to suit my 1-year-old.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (631+ words) For our daughter's first birthday, my husband and I flew to Malaga, Spain, with our almost-1-year-old, my mom, my dad, my mother-in-law, and two family friends. We were a group of eight, all traveling together and sharing a four-bedroom,…...
Motherhood didn't make me less ambitious. It sharpened my focus and made me more intentional about the work I take on.
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (848+ words) Before I became a mother, I thought ambition meant saying yes. Yes to another assignment, even if the pay was mediocre. Yes to the meeting that probably could have been an email. Yes to the opportunity that sounded impressive, even…...
Matthew McConaughey says being 'less of a dad' gets his teenagers to open up
3+ week, 5+ day ago (441+ words) Matthew McConaughey says he has learned a few tricks for getting his teenagers to talk. Speaking on Saturday's episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show," the actor shared one question that got his teenage daughter talking for much longer than usual....
My husband and I took a cruise in Europe while our kids were at camp. It was unsettling at first not to have parenting duties.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (591+ words) When my husband and I boarded a flight to Europe earlier this summer, we were embarking on our first major trip alone since becoming parents 12 years ago. I knew it would be an adjustment to travel without our twins. What…...
Don't Outsource the Best Parts of Parenting to AI
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (850+ words) There are a lot of things about parenting that are unpleasant drudgery. There's the obvious ones: diapers, cleaning bottle parts, picking up Legos, listening to "Wheels on the Bus" over and over. I embrace the idea of ceding some of…...
I help wealthy families get their kids into top colleges. Here are 5 strategies any parents can use.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (811+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lindsay Tanne Howe, 37, who is based in Connecticut. She is the founder and CEO of LogicPrep, a global college advisory firm serving ultra-high-net-worth families. Business Insider has verified her educational background....