Visits: 24 In 1994, Dr. Michel Cohen, a 35-year-old Moroccan-French émigré, opened Tribeca Pediatrics in a storefront on Harrison Street in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Dr. Cohen had tousled brown hair and wore thick-framed eyeglasses and clothes by brands such as …
Sweetie, I’ll Be Back at 2 A.M.
Visits: 22 Some parents, anxious about their child staying in someone else’s home, are choosing “sleepunders” — picking kids up just before bedtime — or even staying over with them. Brianna Michaud’s ’90s childhood was filled with sleepovers at friends’ …
When the Couple Likes Your Child — Just Not at Their Wedding
Visits: 36 Some brides and grooms are addressing the age-old dilemma of “who’s going to watch the kids?” by hiring babysitters for guests’ little ones. When Ja’Nay Ford Hill, 31, and Ryon Hill, 32, of Dallas got married in Colleyville, …
But How Will They Get the Bags Home From Camp?
Visits: 34 Camp Trucking, a delivery service for campers’ bags, shut down abruptly, leaving families with few options and causing general havoc. Paige Axel was working when an unwelcome email arrived. It was from Tyler Hill Camp, where her 14-year-old …
Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Missed My Children, but I Needed My Mom’
Visits: 26 Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Carrying Me Through In the winter of my 40th year, I received a cancer diagnosis that required major surgery. I packed my hospital bag and …
Welcome to the Era of Very Earnest Parenting
Visits: 27 Millennials, guided by influencers like Dr. Becky and the women behind Big Little Feelings, are trying to deal with their children in a new way. A second after the plastic shovel hit my son’s arm, the other boy’s …
It’s a Toddler’s Party. How About a $75,000 Budget?
Visits: 19 In Los Angeles, children’s birthday celebrations have spiraled into mini-weddings. One hundred people RSVP’d for William’s sixth birthday party, which was held at a Los Angeles park on a March afternoon. By 12:30 p.m., the fire station-themed event …
Baby’s First Social Media Handle
Visits: 23 Sorry, that profile name is taken. It belongs to a newborn. Sophie Kratsas was only a few hours old when she received her first email: a “welcome to the world” message from her father, Nick Kratsas. He had …
How Could I Deny Him Fatherhood?
Visits: 20 He wanted children. I didn’t. What happened next was completely unexpected. When we found out the pregnancy was ectopic and life-threatening, my husband vowed to never ask me to have children again. It had been a 12-year negotiation. …
The Terrifying Plushie Taking Over Gift Shops Everywhere
Visits: 21 You’ll meet his bloodshot, menacing gaze in any number of neighborhoods in New York, his mouth stretched into an open, hungry grin, his tentacle-like limbs ready to envelop you. On Mott Street in Chinatown, he is lashed to …