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How Listening to Silence Changes Our Brains

By Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz

How I Got My Students to Stop Staring at Screens

By Phillip Done

Inside the Growing Movement to Do More Good

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What I See Flying Over the World's Cities

By Mark Vanhoenacker
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Raising Kids When the World Is Ending

People always think the world is ending and worry about bringing children into it. I did, but it’s now a fait accompli. My son is in the next room, watching a cartoon about dinosaurs with...

By Teddy Wayne July 13, 2022

Treat Your Kids Like the Little Philosophers They Are

The world is a dark place right now, and kids have big questions about it. During the 2020 protests over police violence, our younger son, Hank (then seven), wanted help understanding why “good guys” sometimes...

By Scott Hershovitz May 20, 2022

5 Parents on the Stress of Trying to Feed Their Babies Amid a Nationwide Formula Shortage

As if parenting during a pandemic weren't already difficult enough, parents of infants are now facing a baby-formula shortage across the U.S. Supply-chain issues that have affected various industries made baby formula scarce. But the...

By Eliana Dockterman May 13, 2022

Doing Puzzles Can Help Solve Your Other Problems, Too

Puzzles saved my sanity during the pandemic—and I believe they can save the world. Perhaps that sounds like a rationalization from a puzzle addict trying to justify the thousands of hours I’ve spent wrestling with...

By AJ Jacobs May 5, 2022

The Way Couples Split Chores Can Improve Relationships, According to a New Study

Is washing dishes harder than buying groceries? Does one load of laundry equal two takings-out of the garbage? Should people who clean bathrooms get a free pass from ever having to keep track of what...

By Belinda Luscombe April 25, 2022

Going Gray in the Pandemic Made Me Feel Younger Than Ever

In the spring of 2020, I wrote an essay for TIME, “My Hair is Going Gray During the Pandemic. Here’s Why I May Never Color It Again.” Publicly, I contemplated making the break from decades...

By Sally Susman April 22, 2022

It's Harder Than Ever to Care About Anything

They say never to read the comments, and that’s generally good practice for mental health on the internet. But sometimes you can’t resist. And so it was while reading the comments on a January David...

By Lily Rothman April 13, 2022

The Most Unique Mother’s Day Gifts to Celebrate Every Type of Mom

As Mother’s Day approaches, you might be thinking about brunch reservations or scouring the internet for a “World’s Best Mom” mug. Those are both classic ideas, but perhaps this year needs a little more imagination....

By Melissa Locker April 12, 2022

TIME for Kids / Your 🔥 Job Advisory Groups

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Little kids often give similar answers to that question, before they learn about dozens of other jobs. Really, the options are endless. And by the...

By TIME for Kids April 7, 2022

Allyson Felix Discusses How Motherhood Made Her an Activist

The all-time most decorated woman in track spoke at TIME's Women of the Year event

By Eliana Dockterman March 9, 2022
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