Giving my kids the option to opt out of lockdown drills is deeply personal. Really, it’s a prayer; may we keep the melody of our hearts tuned to hope, not fear. May that hope stoke the fires that keep ...

I opened the calendar on my phone and confirmed that there were 38 days until my son’s bar mitzvah. If only I could have one day, I thought — a day in a normal body. My son’s bar mitzvah is a symbolic ...

For most parents with access to technology and the privilege to consider how to use it, these decisions are hard, ongoing, and personal.

Sure, I’m neurotic, but it wasn’t just that: Infecting a newborn with RSV is a very real risk when they live with a Petri dish of a toddler. And this particular virus spreads like wildfire in ...