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How ‘No’ Became a Dirty Word in Parenting
The gentle, child-led approach to raising children has become popular with millennials – and one two-letter word has fallen sharply out of fashion. Is this progress, or a recipe for future disaster?
The gentle, child-led approach to raising children has become popular with millennials – and one two-letter word has fallen sharply out of fashion. Is this progress, or a recipe for future disaster?
Human productivity has a ceiling.
Horace Fletcher preached the gospel of fanatically chewing food until it completely dissolved in the mouth. Even celebs like Upton Sinclair and Franz Kafka drank the Kool-Aid.
Hoping to get back in the saddle and make some memories with her teenager, Peggy Orenstein headed straight for the Wyoming wilderness.
The car goes up and down, up and down, up and down.
The history of the total artificial heart is punctuated with both brilliant innovation and continual clinical failure.
Procrastination has been around since the start of modern civilization. Historical figures like Herodotus, Leonardo Da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, and hundreds of others have talked about how procrastination is the enemy of results.
Before purging your belongings to tidy up, consider this organizational tactic championed by two artists.
A new generation has grown enamored with classic symbols of wealth—navy blazers and cable-knit sweaters, JFK Jr. and The Talented Mr. Ripley—with complicated implications.
There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made?
Mindfulness is thought to have multiple benefits – but it can also make you less likely to feel guilty about wrongdoing and derail your moral compass.
Hindsight bias is when people feel they “knew it all along.” You see it in business, medicine and law. Learn how it works, why it exists, and how to beat it.
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
For a nation that is famously apologetic about everything, the UK apparently has a hard time saying sorry. Olivia Petter asks why we find making genuine apologies so difficult – and what that says about our ability to take accountability.
Some people, in fact, are more prone to big feelings than others.
The biggest buzz around GLP-1 drugs these days has nothing to do with weight loss. And that might lead to some problems for patients and insurers.
Pulau Tiga, best known as the original ‘Survivor’ island, was as much of a character on the show as the contestants were.
Long overshadowed by the coveted Michelin stars, the Bib Gourmand celebrates the world's best budget-friendly restaurants.
The Michigan congresswoman is again recounting her childhood experiences as funding to combat domestic violence is under threat.
What is a superfood? According to Italian scientists writing in the journal Frontiers in Food Science and Technology in February, the term was coined in the 1960s to describe foods that could fight malnutrition.
Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.
The F1 champion Niki Lauda had a near-fatal accident in Germany in August 1976. After defying all expectations, he told the BBC in 1977 how he willed himself to stay alive.
You can do a lot of reading without paying a dime.
I’m a night owl, so I’m interested when I come across studies about what happens to people who habitually stay up late. Sometimes they can be disturbing, and sometimes they’re innocuous.
Americans are paying more for electricity, and those prices are set to rise even further.
The Law & Order: SVU actor was 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car crash. Hargitay’s new documentary My Mom Jayne explores her mother’s identity, and her own.
Doing everything for your child robs them of an opportunity to learn. Here are the dos and don’ts.
It’s the top shooting-star show of the year, and in 2025, we have the rare chance to view four meteor showers in one night.
The Hawaiian concept of “malama” emphasizes taking care of the land and community. Hawaii’s Malama Hawaii Program connects tourists with volunteer opportunities to give back to the islands.
In revealing his cancer diagnosis, Sanders went deep — and without shame — about his recovery.
From avoiding hard decisions to failing to show vulnerability, these are some of the behaviors at work that make you seem like an ineffective leader.
‘Dr. Mario’s combined germs, logic, and light plagiarism.
According to the Brooklyn Public Library, these titles can help you understand how we got here.
A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology.
Millions of animals are stuck in increasingly cramped shelters because their owners are struggling to pay rising vet bills and other expenses.
It’s tempting to imagine what we might have done differently. But, as Diana Nyad says: ‘We earn our wisdom.’
The rise of ARFID, a new eating disorder driven not by body image but by fear.
The Trump administration has ended the pandemic-era pause on repayments, leaving many facing colossal debts.
Many high earners in the U.S. still feel broke. Between lifestyle creep, debt and social pressure, even $200,000 per year doesn’t always buy peace of mind.
From picking a career to picking a spouse, one radical philosophical idea will guide you.
Their fees are getting higher—and their benefits are sometimes wildly complicated to redeem.
Before commercial pilots push back from the gate, they complete a comprehensive preflight check to verify that every system functions correctly during the journey ahead.
Body-acceptance advocate Katie Sturino and Ronald Young Jr., host of the podcast Weight for It, answer listener questions about body image, weight loss drugs and bullying.
Doing real-time experiments like this in the wild can teach us a lot about our kids and ourselves as parents.
Thieves seized over 850,000 cars last year. See which models, states and behaviors draw the eyes of opportunists.