They don’t understand the context. They’ll forget that you apologized right after. They can’t possibly conceive the stress that a parent feels. They definitely won’t…

It’s a remarkable historical what-if. Abraham Lincoln was traveling east to assume the presidency at a pivotal moment. Seven states had seceded to form the…

It’s a timeless childhood memory: a family road trip, kids gazing out the window, spotting something exciting—a quirky roadside attraction, a billboard promising adventure. They…

Sometimes our kids are just like us. They look like us. They talk like us. They like the same things as us. They do the…

The music they like. The radical politics. The unrealistic expectations about money and career. Their lifestyle choices. The piercing and the tattoos. Their sex life….

Of course, you want tough kids. You want boys who are active and resilient. You want girls who are active and resilient. You want them…

It’s the thing that keeps parents up at night: What if their kid turns out bad? Not like, doesn’t succeed, but hurts people, is not…

They’re noisy. They’re messy. They do not listen. You love them, of course, but secretly you sometimes look forward to it all being over. When…

There’s so much we are responsible for as parents—their welfare, their grades, getting them to and from where they need to go. We have to…

Abraham Lincoln could not seem to please his father. Even though his son was brilliant and clearly cut out for something other than subsistence farming,…