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I secretly emailed my son for 15 years. On his 18th birthday, I finally gave him the password.
When my eldest son was a little boy, I did something that felt quietly monumental in the moment and slightly ridiculous — I created a Gmail account…
My family of 4 visits the same vacation spot multiple times a year. I hope my kids look back on it fondly.
When I was a child, the Jersey Shore was my magical place. My great-grandmother, her siblings, and a few other relatives lived there in a high-rise…
I went from earning $173,000 a year to making $6 one month. I don’t regret quitting.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Heigi Jeong. It has been edited for length and clarity. People often assume that I quit my…
I let my 15-year-old fly home alone from Europe. It didn’t go smoothly, but I’m still glad she earned the independence.
Most summers, I try to pack in as much travel as possible with my kids. My children have dual citizenship, and it’s important to me that they spend…
Moving from New York to Kentucky gave me an affordable life I love — and retiring at 55 is now on the table
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Lyktey, 34, a New Yorker who grew up in Wantagh, on Long Island, but moved to Fort Wright…
‘It’s going to hurt’: How a surging student-loan payment is reshaping a family’s future
Jodi and Paul Sprague raised their daughters with a guiding principle: understand the value of a dollar. By elementary school, Evelyn and Olivia were…
‘Black Swan’ investor Mark Spitznagel says you should guard against disaster — but take risks too
A “Black Swan” investor says to guard against disasters — but take risks too. Mark Spitznagel has built his career on protecting his clients’…
A developer emailed Claude Code’s creator about AI slop. Boris Cherny wrote back.
Developers are worried about AI. The creator of Claude Code has a response. On Thursday, Anthropic’s Boris Cherny posted an email a developer wrote…
Miss USA’s new playbook
The 2,400-seat Miami theater lit up like a Coldplay concert when the QR code dropped at the Miss USA pageant. A sea of phones — held up by supportive…
I used to write between lunch breaks at my corporate job. Now my income as a best-selling romantasy author supports my family
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brigid Kemmerer, a New York Times bestselling author of young-adult and romantasy novels…