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People ask how I raised an Olympic champion. They expect stories about hiring private coaches, driving to competitions across the country, and arranging my life around the sport she loved.But the goal, for my husband and me, was to raise a happy, well-rounded, capable daughter with the good judgment to…
Oura is looking into how its smart ring could be used to detect brain hemorrhages after billionaire investor Bill Ackman suggested such a feature could have helped his daughter.Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, shared this week that his 26-year-old daughter, Lucy, experienced a brain hemorrhage in February. He…
When my son was in sixth grade, he looked at me one afternoon in our garage while I was unloading groceries and said something I never expected to hear. He said, “Mom, you’re not going to make me go to college, are you?”I paused, unsure of the answer.He was 12…
My 19-year-old daughter sent me a text in all caps.”I JUST GOT NOAH KAHAN TICKETS!!!”I congratulated her, knowing she had been constantly checking for resale tickets after she had been unable to get them when they were first released.As we continued to text, more details emerged. I learned her tickets…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kiana Glanton. It has been edited for length and clarity.Nearly 10 years ago, in the middle of postpartum depression, learning how to be a mom for the first time, my body decided to respond to the extreme stress I was under…
The day my father died, it was a Monday, early morning. Normally, I would have been driving my daughter to school, but she was home with a badly injured foot. My uncle called and said, “Now I have to tell you that your father crossed over earlier this morning.”This was…
My 19-year-old daughter, Cameran, has been in a relationship for several years, and it has helped her grow into who she wants to be. She met her boyfriend, Casey, when they were 16 at a campground during the summer, and he lived about 35 minutes from us. Casey started as…
I bounded upstairs to retrieve the laundry basket, trying to tack on one more chore before losing the day to my remote job’s endless emails and Zoom meetings. As I picked up the strewn-out clothes — this is why my husband’s a software engineer rather than a basketball player —…
When I helped my daughter move into her UCLA dorm last fall, I thought I had prepared for everything. From planned tuition payments to dorm “necessities” and a well-stocked first-aid kit, I had spreadsheets, checklists, dorm shopping lists, and enough big blue moving bags to organize a small apartment.Fast forward…
