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I found a creative way to outsource my kids’ day-care pickups and drop-offs. It helped me get back 7 hours a week.
“Why isn’t there just a toddler bus?” I thought to myself one freezing morning at 7 a.m. as I was loading three of my five little kids into my car to head to day care. I had to take off each of their coats I’d just carefully put in order to buckle them into their
I live and work in Antarctica at 60 years old. From early wakeups to nightclubs, here’s what a typical day is like.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with May Lee, a 60-year-old seasonal worker in Antarctica and former marketing and communications manager at HP. She worked at the McMurdo Station in 2025 and plans to return this year. It has been edited for length and clarity. After a layoff from…
The 20 best small cities to live in across the US, ranked
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, especially if you live in one of these 20 small cities. WalletHub compared more than 1,300 US cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 to identify the best places to live. The analysis evaluated the cities using 45 “key indicators of livability,”…
Living with 3 generations feels old-fashioned. That’s exactly what I like about it.
This story is based on an interview with Robyn O’Neill, 60, a former parent liaison from Waterbury, Connecticut. It has been edited for length and clarity. I’d been searching on Zillow for at least two years before I found the perfect house in early 2021. Our real estate agent called it my unicorn…
Taking a seaplane was about twice as expensive as the ferry. It made traveling with a toddler easier.
Even though we traveled through Europe with our daughter as a baby, we’ve learned that traveling with her as a toddler is a whole new ball game. And so, on our recent family vacation, we decided to make things as easy as possible. We chose to visit Victoria, which is just off the mainland from
I thought Zoom fatigue was about meetings. For me, part of the problem was constantly seeing myself.
Six years into this mostly virtual world, I now know we were not meant to look at ourselves 24/7. Save for a glimpse before leaving the car, and then another full-body and ass scan in the bathroom mirror before heading into in-person meetings. Yet there was something comforting about seeing, in…
I’m a Stay-at-Home Mom With 3 Kids. Claiming This Tax Credit Could Add Up to $6,600 to My Family’s Refund.
Some families may be expecting a new tax break for stay-at-home parents, but despite a 2026 White House draft proposal, no legislation has been approved.1 You may, however, qualify for a higher child tax credit. If you are a stay-at-home parent with three eligible children, that credit could add up…
Higher education is becoming the newest playground for billionaires
Ken Griffin’s latest bet? South Florida’s higher education. The billionaire hedge fund manager gifted $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, with $2 billion earmarked to develop a Miami campus for the Pittsburgh-based school. Griffin has a history of shelling out big to schools. Back in 2023, he…
United is teasing Delta for not having Starlink on its planes, and trying to lure loyal customers with its fast WiFi
United Airlines is trying to pry away its rivals’ loyal fliers with a not-so-subtle jab at their lack of Starlink. “Don’t keep buffering: switch to United and get the fastest WiFi in the sky,” reads its offer to match travelers’ loyalty status on Delta Air Lines or American Airlines. Early on…
‘Calendar Stalkers’ Game Return to Office
As return-to-office mandates tighten, hybrid workers are turning to a new survival tactic: calendar stalking. Employees are obsessively tracking their bosses’ Outlook schedules to maximize face time, coordinating their own office days to match so they can perform strategic walk-bys. Stanford…