My 11-Year-Old Cursed at Me. Should I Let It Go or Draw a Line?Should this parent just forget about their 11-year-old cursing out of anger?
Parents are sharing the one thing that surprised them the most about having kidsOver the past few years, rising supermarket prices have forced many families to make compromises on ingredient quality when shopping for meals.
I used to be terrified of turning into my mother. Now, I’m older and know betterIf you type ‘I don’t want to turn into...’ on Google, ‘my mother’ appears among the top three search terms. I was a teenager when I first told Amma that I would cease all association with her if she ever turned into Nani. I never had a close relationship with my grandparents.
Why Do So Many Parents Think Kids Need Their Own Bedroom?Some go to great lengths to give kids their own room. But children can thrive without their own space. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.
I Never Wanted to Be a Parent but I Love Being ‘The Lady Down the Street’Being a non-parent grown-up shows kids that there’s more than one way to have a good life.
Start Your Week Off With This Giant Rösti Potato CakeIt’s rare that I’m not in the mood for potatoes. Even when perfectionist chefs and food blogs like to hate on “gluey” mashed potatoes, I look at that mound of burst starch molecules with only love. My latest spud obsession has been a three-ingredient masterpiece from Switzerland.
This Week’s Sex Diary: The Freelance Journalist Meeting a Fling in CapriEvery week, columnist Alyssa Shelasky asks anonymous city dwellers to record a week in their sex lives. The Cut’s Sex Diaries column, first published in 2007, was the basis of a 2022 HBO series.
Get Better at Anything is Now AvailableMy new book, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery, is now available! Life depends on learning. We spend decades in school, acquiring an education. We want to be good at our jobs, not just for the perks that come with being one of the best, but for the pride of mastering a craft.
The child care cliff that wasn’tWe don’t need apocalyptic economic predictions to advocate for better family policy. “The writing is on the wall right now, in big, bold letters: the child care crisis is only going to get worse unless we take action — and soon!” said Democratic Sen.
I made Microsoft Edge my default browser because of these three killer featuresAfter two decades of building Internet Explorer, the web browser everyone loves to hate, Microsoft finally threw in the towel four years ago and released an all-new browser, built on the same open-source Chromium engine that Google's Chrome browser uses.
Emily Oster Softens UpEmily Oster is not for everyone. Occupying a niche so niche that it’s exclusively her own, the economist–cum–parent influencer has the kind of cool self-assuredness that anxiety-ridden parents covet—and that some physicians find alarming.
Why ‘Baby Reindeer’ Rose to the TopRichard Gadd’s nuanced miniseries occupies the lead spot on Netflix’s Global Top 10, and it doesn’t show signs of budging It may seem strange that as we approach the summer months, a TV show titled Baby Reindeer is one of the most watched, most talked-about shows in the country, but there’s
Giant Heaps of Plastic Are Helping Vegetables GrowPlastic allows farmers to use less water and fertilizer. But at the end of each season, they’re left with a pile of waste. Each year, on our fruit-and-vegetable farm in New England, my family covers about a quarter of our 50 acres with plastic mulch.
I Let My Daughter Spend the Weekend at a Friend’s Lake House. When She Returned, I Knew Something Went Terribly Wrong.Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My 12-year-old daughter “Jenny” has been friends with her classmate “Caroline” since the 1st grade.
I Don’t Need Your Opinion on My Kid’s Screen TimeI love reading about all the things people think they’re going to do as parents before they actually have any kids. The fantasy of it all. Their precious little angels abstaining from sugar, back talk, or screens — all because of how well, how perfectly, they’ll parent them.