"What do you say to your child that isn’t legally your child when he reaches out to you in need of something you aren’t sure ...

Songwriting credit can be a tricky thing. In its simplest form, if you write a song, you are entitled to compensation in three ways: mechanical (the sale of a recording of your song), performance (the ...

The diagnosis was dire, but the choice was ours to make. By Cleyvis Natera A few weeks before Christmas last year, my older sister, Shany, told me that her daughter had had a stroke. At the time, ...

My second daughter was what my oldest fondly referred to as a “crier.” Or, in other words, she cried. A lot. The crying with my baby girl seemed to intensify after every single feeding and ...

An Idaho woman who got pregnant despite using birth control described the shocking moment her baby emerged from the womb — triumphantly clutching her intrauterine device in his hand. “When all the ...

You’re trying not to breathe in as you change the sixth dirty diaper of the night. This sure wasn’t what you expected when you dreamed about motherhood! As you rock your fussy baby back to sleep, you ...

When my son turned 6 months old, I began looking for a baby sitter. Not just any baby sitter would do: I imagined a modern-day governess. A brainy, artsy, warm college student. Part of me wondered if ...

In our latest essay in which a critic reflects on culture that brings them joy, Clare Thorp pays tribute to The Ronettes’ lovelorn, cinematic masterpiece. My favourite story about The Ronettes’ Be My ...

Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock 'n' roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as "Be My Baby," "Baby I Love You" and "Walking in the Rain" as the leader of the girl group The Ronettes, has died ...

There is no word in the English language for a parent whose child has died, as if the subject were too painful for society to confront. Elle Wright lost her son Teddy soon after he was born and wants ...