I don’t want my daughter to wonder whether she is half-Catholic and half-Jewish. I want her to feel complete.

Advent couldn’t be more relevant this year. Let’s invite it into our homes, since we’ll all be there.

Scientific advances have allowed enormous breakthroughs in overcoming infertility—but not without some vexing ethical questions.

By inviting birth mothers into our conversations about reproductive politics, we risk complicating the stories we tell ourselves about adoption and the people who participate in it.

Many Latino people of various cultures who call this country home have embraced Thanksgiving—each culture adding its own spice, of course.

The C.D.C. wants Americans to stay home for the holidays. What can we do when what we sincerely hope for simply is not possible?