Features

Essays

  • The Incredible Disappearing Family

    by C.W. Thompson

    Everyone was thrilled when our son was born. And then... they were gone.

  • Oh, the Horror!

    by Sasha Brown Worsham

    I used to love gory movies. Then I became a mom.

  • Epiphany

    by Pamela Appea

    Having a child led me to a religious awakening.

  • I Feel Like . . .

    by Jessica Shattuck

    We should stop talking about feelings so much.

  • Five's Company

    by Trey Ellis

    My single-parenting days are over, and I couldn't be happier.

  • Zoinks!

    by Melissa Rayworth

    Retro cartoons are hilarious — until Chief Crazy Coyote shows up.

  • Half-and-Half

    by Elizabeth G. Hines

    It’s 2009 – but my biracial pregnancy still makes some people uncomfortable.

Special Issues

Essays

Essays

  • "Packaging Boyhood"'s Lyn Mikel Brown and Mark Tappan

    by Jennifer V. Hughes

    Why boys shouldn't always have to win.

  • Andy Richter

    by Tammy La Gorce

    “All you have to do to make my kids laugh is make fart noises.”

  • Po Bronson

    by Amy Kuras

    What the new science can teach us about parenting.

  • Ray Park

    by Christina Couch

    When he throws stunt knives for "Heroes", his preschoolers fetch them

  • Kristi Yamaguchi

    by Christina Couch

    "I’m glad I had a really busy career early on before I had children."

  • Eva La Rue

    by Christina Couch

    The "CSI: Miami" star on dating as a single mom.

  • Erykah Badu

    by Tammy La Gorce

    "I tweeted about my home birth between contractions."