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Family Life

Traditions, siblings, grandparents, holidays and keeping the peace under one roof.

The activities children describe years later almost never cost anything. Here is a summer's worth, sorted by how much energy you have left.

By Priya Raman · 6 min read

Every time you decide who started it, you teach your children that the way to win is to reach a parent first. Here's the alternative.

By Priya Raman · 6 min read

The difference between a good road trip and a miserable one is decided before the car leaves the drive.

By Dan Okafor · 6 min read

Kindness is not a personality trait you get lucky with. It's a practice — and it's built almost entirely out of things your child watches you do.

By Priya Raman · 6 min read

You want them involved. You also want your rules respected. Here's how to hold both — with actual words you can say out loud.

By Marisa Cole · 7 min read

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