We recently received a letter from a reader who shared a truth many parents quietly carry but rarely speak aloud. It wasn’t a ...

I Love My Child—I Hate His Autism. Published Apr 10, 2024 at 7:33 AM EDT Updated Apr 11, 2024 at 5:58 AM EDT. By . Beth Ruggiero Bell has been teaching high school English literature and ...

I love my children deeply. And in all the ways that matter, from nightmare-soothing to lunch-making, I am a mom to them. Yet, I have zero legal ability to protect them or advocate for their interests.

IDEAS I love my children enough to wish I had never met them Adoption out of foster care gives kids what they should have had from the start: a loving, stable home.

At almost 38, I have no regrets about my decision not to have children. You may say, "Wait another 25 years, and you'll think differently." But I will tell you the same thing then.

I was 'one and done,' and I'm glad I have an only child. I gave birth to my son two months after I turned 24, and starting to have kids early meant, in theory, that I had plenty of time to add ...

I missed my children, but I needed my mom, and there she was. Thank you, mom, for carrying me through the winter storm to spring: I am healing as the flowers bloom. — Anne-Marie Linnen ...