People Around the World Are Talking Less
admin A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005. Why?
Family
When You’ll Know You’re Middle-Aged
Trying to attach some numbers to a fuzzy phase of life
Too Scared for Sex
The therapist Esther Perel has a theory about America’s eroticism shortage.
Is Mild Autism Being Overdiagnosed?
The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that many…
The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking
If you’re “actively trying to have babies,” one expert told me, “both the man and the woman should be abstaining”…
Reading a 3,000-Year-Old Poem to a 3-Year-Old Boy
<em>The Odyssey </em>is not, strictly speaking, a children’s book. I thought my son might enjoy it anyway.
The Elder-Care Delusion
Many Americans assume that if they can afford paid help in older age, they won’t need to rely on kin.…
The Hot New Place for Singles
Newsletter writers are playing cupid with their like-minded readers.
The Moms Who Smoke Weed to Parent
They say pot helps them be patient with their kids. But at what cost?
The Difficult People We Cannot Escape
Researchers have a name for the relationships that drain us.