I’ve Always Known What Kind of Person My Mother Is. Unfortunately, My 3-Year-Old Has Figured It Out, Too.

My mother is a difficult person. My younger sister is estranged from her. As the older daughter, I have always felt a ...
Town & Country

Mother Dear

Molly Jong-Fast with her mother, the writer Erica Jong. For obvious reasons, I am often asked to write about mothers and daughters. I am also asked why the topic is so sticky and so important. The ...
The New York Times

My Mother Is Estranged From Her Brother. Can I Help?

A reader is hesitant to interfere in a yearlong mother-and-uncle skirmish, despite one party’s track record for torpedoing close relationships. By Philip Galanes My mom and her brother have been ...
Psychology Today

How a Mother’s Death Makes You Confront Your Own Mortality

A mother’s death is life-altering. Whether close, indifferent, or estranged, the relationship between a mother and child is weighty, monumental, and closely tied to self-image. When our mother dies, ...
NBC Chicago

‘Hard to believe': Mother and son both skiing at Winter Olympics for Mexico

On her final World Cup run before retiring from the U.S. ski team in 2011, Sarah Schleper picked up her young son and carried him down the slalom course with her. A bonding moment. Stream NBC 5 for ...