When they were very little, we used to call vacations with kids “palm tree babysitting.” Now that they’re teenagers, maybe it’s more like “traveling with idiots.” I mean, sometimes they’re grateful and committed. But just as often, it can feel like every decision is being evaluated by the most ruthless and genius jury of tired,
This As They Told It essay is based on a conversation with Michele Ragon, a 46-year-old LinkedIn employee communications business partner based in the Bay Area. The following has been edited for length and clarity. My 11-year-old son just finished fifth grade and was diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia earlier this year. You have
After weeks of chatting on Tinder, my now-husband and I decided to meet in person. Days before our date, he texted me asking if I liked baseball. I told him I had no idea about the sport, but I would watch a game with him. That was 12 years ago. Since then, we have been
My grandmother is a pianist. As often happens, the pendulum swung the other way with my mother, who had no interest in taking piano lessons or forcing her children to do so. I vowed to swing the pendulum the other way with my kids, signing them up for piano lessons even though they showed no
This essay as they said it is based on a conversation with Marta Milans. It has been edited for length and clarity. I got married in 2021. I got pregnant naturally shortly after, but unfortunately it was an ectopic pregnancy. My doctors discovered that I had some uterine issues that needed to be addressed. I
I was writing the week’s menu on the Miele refrigerator in our Spanish apartment when I noticed two dotted lines flashing on the freezer temperature gauge. I had no idea what it meant. So I pulled out my phone, opened Claude, described what I was seeing, and within seconds, I was fixing the problem. My