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Madonna performs during halftime at Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in 2012.

Column: Our parents were scandalized by our music. But listening together — without judgment — can be relationship glue

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

My son and I were driving home from school the other day when Gayle came on the radio, singing "ABCDE forget you." She doesn't actually say "forget," my son informed...

Column: In ‘Letters to the Sons of Society,’ author reflects on prison, a pandemic and a kinder, more just way forward

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

Shaka Senghor and his 10-year-old son, Sekou, end each day with a set of affirmations. "I'm great," Sekou says. "Yes, you are," his dad answers. "I'm awesome," Sekou says. "Totally,"...

Column: How do you protect your heart during a pandemic? Maybe by attaching it to others.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

I caught a fascinating interview on NPR earlier this week, right after I dropped my son at school during a record-breaking surge in COVID-19 infections and returned to my office...

Views From All Directions

July 2, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

On any given day, you can find a spot that will stun you with its beauty, connect you to the past, and remind you that you’re part of something larger...

Column: A plea for hope at the end of a year that tried awfully hard to squash it

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

I don't know how I expected 2021 to end. But it wasn't like this. A year ago we were celebrating the newly arrived COVID-19 vaccines. I cried reading my colleagues'...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy tours King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, before talking to a panel of students about mental health issues.

Heidi Stevens: Surgeon general confirms what parents know. Young people are in crisis.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

The U.S. surgeon general released a rare public advisory Dec. 7 confirming what parents know in our bones: Kids are in crisis. "The challenges today's generation of young people face...

Chris Cuomo attends the 12th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at American Museum of Natural History on December 9, 2018 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for CNN/TNS)

Column: Chris Cuomo helping circle the wagons to protect his brother is exactly why some survivors stay silent

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

For anyone who has ever asked, "Why didn't she come forward sooner?" Chris Cuomo texting "I have a lead on the wedding girl" to his embattled brother's top aide is...

Column: Tired of watching well-meaning parents sap the joy from youth sports, two coaches wrote ‘The Sideline’ as a gut-check

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

My son and I were sitting at the immediate care clinic, waiting for X-rays of the wrist he just fractured during flag football, when a Facebook post caught my eye....

Author and Nobel Prize in literature winner Toni Morrison receives the Honor Medal of The City of Paris at Mairie de Paris on Nov. 4, 2010. The Virginia governor's race has devolved into a culture war over Morrison's "Beloved," a Pulitzer-Prize winning masterpiece about the horrors of slavery.

Column: Parents harm their kids first and foremost when they throw tantrums to hide our nation’s painful history

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

I thought about Ann Patchett this week as I watched the Virginia governor's race devolve into a culture war over Toni Morrison's "Beloved," a Pulitzer-Prize winning masterpiece about the horrors...

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in January 2021.

Column: Pete Buttigieg’s paternity leave nudges America closer to what families need. His critics are all wrong.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

In a perfect world, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg would adopt baby Penelope and baby Joseph and spend the next few weeks, months, whatever it takes, really, feeding and holding and...

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