Today we’re sharing a deeply personal letter from one of our readers — a successful 40-year-old doctor who has found herself at the center of a painful family conflict. Her parents have made the ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on divulging a family secret. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have been living with a secret for close to 55 years. My first cousin, whom I am very close with, was adopted ...

If you’re a millennial, chances are a core memory is getting together with all the cousins to prepare a living room concert for the grown ups. A large cousin circle was for many of us a huge childhood ...

Imagine having a house full of kids without their parents or screens, a dozen (or more!) mouths to feed, and long, empty summer days just begging to be filled with activities. This scenario may sound ...