Living on the coast of Maine has its advantages. Beaches and islands are close. “Not that close,” my husband said when my daughter told us her high school English teacher had recommended her for a summer job. The opportunity was on a small island, a ferry ride away, and it would mean driving her into
When I first heard of Life360, my first thought was that I knew I never wanted to use the app to track my two kids, despite its popularity among parents. Almost a decade later, I still feel the same. But it wasn’t until my oldest got his driver’s license in 2020 that I realized my
Before I became a mother, I thought I knew a lot about children. I had a master’s degree in child development and instructional technology and media. I had spent years studying how young children learned, processed information, and obtained mastery over a concept. When I co-created Blue’s Clues, we wanted a show built around one
Zelda Williams is calling for fans to stop circulating AI-generated videos of her late father, Robin Williams, nearly a year after she last took to social media to ask them not to send her augmented content featuring the actor. In a statement posted to X on Monday, the “Lisa Frankenstein” director wrote that a “supposedly
When my son moved to New York City after college graduation, I couldn’t have been prouder. He had landed a great job, found an apartment, made friends, and embraced everything the city had to offer. Two years after my daughter finished college, we packed up a U-Haul and drove her more than 700 miles to
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Charlotte Mandrier. It has been edited for length and clarity. On Monday, September 14, I was cleaning up my inbox and deleting emails when I saw that Starbucks was collaborating with the Peanuts brand to sell merchandise inspired by “The Great Pumpkin.” I remembered last year
