Families and Family Life

April 15, 2024

‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’ and Sibling Birth Order: Does it Matter?

“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it? In a TikTok video that has been watched more […]
December 11, 2023

David Yoon on How He Learned to Spend Money on Love

This essay is part of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. I didn’t grow up in a romantic household. My parents […]
December 4, 2023

In Peru, a Family’s Vocation in Silver

All seven of Gregorio Cachi’s daughters followed him into making jewelry. Now many of their children are involved, too. The jewelry that Hilda and Sonia Cachi […]
November 16, 2023

A New Getty Family Business

Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?” Ms. […]
November 16, 2023

A New Getty Family Business

Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?” Ms. […]
October 25, 2023

‘Modern Love Podcast’: I Wrote This Essay, but Then Changed My Mind

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Hans Buetow and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Pat McCusker, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘I’d never seen my […]
September 23, 2023

The Mystery of My Mother’s Prayer Book

A precious object finds its way home. It started with an email. The subject line: “Sylvia Kanner’s Siddur.” Kanner was my late mother’s maiden name. Siddur […]
August 26, 2023

A Family’s Secret Life in a Landmark Building of Manhattan

Family life in Scheffel Hall, a New York City landmark, could get a little complicated. I was 15 the first time it happened. I was staring […]
August 11, 2023

‘A Jacuzzi Is a Person, Not a Machine: The Story Behind the Jacuzzi Family

Candido Jacuzzi didn’t set out to turn his last name into a global brand. Nor did he intend to power a business which, though it created […]
July 12, 2023

The Day My Family Changed Forever

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sonia Herrero, Pat McCusker and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon […]