My kids say things like ‘I hate you’ when they don’t get their way. It’s hard not to take it personally.
The author (not pictured) says he had to work on not taking things his teens say personally. Parenting teenagers…
My family is forgoing big vacations, and instead, we splurged on a big couch. It has brought us together like never before.
The author’s teens (not pictured) love the large couch in their home. On New Year’s Eve, 11 people sprawled…
My ex-husband and my son died by suicide years apart. Sharing the news with my other children was one of the most difficult things to do.
The author (not pictured). Being an expert on grief is not what I wanted to be when I grew…
An app helped me make genuine new friends in my community. My husband is now hanging out with their partners, too.
I joined an app to meet and connect with others in my community. My whole family (not pictured) ended…
We had our daughter when I was 44 and my wife was 40. There are benefits and challenges to being older parents.
Michael Townsend became a dad at 44. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Townsend, a…
I was a stay-at-home mom for 10 years, working low-paid odd jobs. One conversation led to a role that doubled my salary.
Amy Quindt, 42, got a sales job at AT&T after striking up a conversation with a sales rep in…
We had our daughter when I was 44, and my wife was 40. There are benefits and challenges to being older parents.
Michael Townsend became a dad at 44. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Townsend, a…
I didn’t want to bug my neighbors when I went into labor early. They showed up for my family anyway.
The author’s neighbors showed up in ways she didn’t expect when her baby was born early. It was 5:30…
My daughter was accepted into her dream college, so I thought the admissions process was behind us. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
The author’s daughter was accepted into her dream school, but that wasn’t the end of the admissions process. I…
I’m pregnant with my 2nd kid at 40, and I still don’t feel like a grown-up
The author is pregnant for a second time at 40. At first, I thought it was a joke. “When…