18 Surprising Things about Parenting in Chile

Thank you for being so enthusiastic about our Motherhood Around the World series. It has been an honor to share these women's personal ...

Anton loves his thumb

Anton sucks his thumb all the time—while bathing, playing, even walking . But the other day at the playground, he pulled off his funniest mo...

Gift idea: Puzzle with your child's lovey

Over the past year, Toby has fallen in love with a stuffed animal named Mr. Fox. They cuddle together at night and, according to Toby, Mr. F...

13 Surprising Things about Parenting in Turkey

For our Motherhood Around the World series, our twelfth interview features Diane Zhang , who moved from Brooklyn to Istanbul with her husba...

Our England vacation

As I've mentioned, we just got back from visiting family in England, and I'd love to share a few photos, if you'd like to see......

Tips for moving with kids?

We're moving from Manhattan to Brooklyn this weekend, and I'm trying to figure out how to help the boys with the transition. We wen...

14 Surprising Things about Parenting in Australia

For our eleventh Motherhood Around the World interview, we talked to Gaby Fearn , who lives in Sydney with her husband and one-year-old dau...

20 Surprising Things about Parenting in Germany

For our tenth Motherhood Around the World interview, we're thrilled to feature Luisa Weiss, author of the blog The Wednesday Chef and ...

16 Surprising Things about Parenting in China

For our Motherhood Around the World series, our ninth interview features Tatum Hawkins , who moved to Shanghai with her husband, Sam, and t...

Winter Water Factory

Every time our kiddos wear these patterned clothes, we get a bunch of questions about where they're from. The answer: Winter Water Fact...

15 Surprising Things about Parenting in England

Erin Moore and her husband, Tom, have spent the last seven years in London, where they live with their four-year-old daughter Anne—and anot...

Motherhood Around the World

Last summer, we did a series called Motherhood Around the World , which was easily one of my favorite blogging experiences of the past seven...

Sibling Rivalry: 5 tricks and tips

Before our second baby was born, I was on pins and needles. Would the children play together? Would they be jealous? Would they fight? I wa...

21 years of a family

Back in 1991, Zed Nelson took a photograph of his friends with their baby son, and every year since, he has photographed them against the s...

Anton's first steps!

Eleven-month-old Anton is a quiet, kind-hearted baby, who focuses on the world around him with great seriousness and concentration. For mon...

Vacation photos: Fire Island

Hello!!! How have you guys been? I feel like I've been away from the blog for ages, and I'm looking forward to catching up. We just ...

One family’s moving story of raising a transgender kid

You might have already seen this video (it has 6 million views) but it's so important and moving, I wanted to post it just in case. What...

What's your child's bedtime routine?

This Seinfeld clip about bedtime routines made me laugh out loud. Start listening at 4:07. "When we were kids, our parents didn't ...

How many children do you hope to have?

Alex and I have been talking recently, and we would like to have... Read More >

The crazy things you do as a parent

The new book This is Ridiculous This is Amazing features one dad's 71 hilarious lists about parenthood—from "Things We've Goog...