My cat, Harriet, is curled up on the TV console when I walk into the living room. She blinks at me, slowly. Cats blinking at you is supposed to be a sign of affection. I blink back. “Look at you on ...

Today my mother called me up and told me that she didn’t want me and my husband coming over for the holidays for the most absurd reason. I am currently pregnant, and my sister “Zaria” and her husband ...

“My Mother Looked Just Like You” follows Sharon, an identical twin whose other half disappeared two decades ago. But when a suspiciously familiar young woman arrives, claiming to be her long-lost ...

The film Die My Love takes place mostly in a remote farmhouse. Tucked away amid tall grasses and verdant woods in rural Montana, it seems idyllic. But Grace (played by Jennifer Lawrence) appears ...

I grew up in a world where the cheaper option was always the better option. I have spent much of my career as a personal finance expert preaching how to save more, spend less and minimize taxes. Then ...

Many parents have disagreements with their teens. Moms are usually the ones who set rules about curfews, sleepovers, and dating, so they have to bear the brunt of the arguments. One UK study even ...

A reader has come to dread phone calls from her mother, whose deep unhappiness she attributes to life with her “textbook narcissist” stepfather. By Philip Galanes I believe my mom is severely ...

I am my mother’s caregiver. She is 93. Four years ago she added my name to her checking and savings accounts and added me as the beneficiary on her pension and IRA. If, by chance, she has to go into a ...

Baltimore is a city of generosity and grit, shaped by resilience and community strength even through years of hardship that have been marred by economic shifts and violence. Baltimore is a testament ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the entertainment industry, cinema and TV Kristin Scott Thomas recently made her directorial debut with My Mother’s ...