More than 30 years ago, I went to a parent meeting at my oldest child’s day care center, when he was in the 2-year-old room, and it turned out that many of the children in the room were not reliably sleeping through the night. It felt like a revelation, discovering that mine was not the…
A new study reveals how social media use could affect the self-perceived body image of young women. Being active on social media may affect how young women perceive their own appearance. Recently, the effects of social media use on our mental health and well-being have been the topic of much debate. According to the social…
Western luxury money has been pouring into China at a rapid rate this fall. In the last four weeks alone Richemont, the Swiss owner of brands like Cartier and the e-tailer Yoox Net-a-Porter, announced a joint venture with the Chinese online retail giant Alibaba in a bid to crack the online shopping market of a…
The top five influencers in China Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images 1. Peter Xu (above) A blogger, now known for fashion collaborations and appearances 2. Tao Liang, or Mr. Bags His online shop sold thousands of handbags in seconds 3. Ye Si, or Gogoboi One of China’s most influential fashion bloggers 4. Ji Liang Writer, blogger, fashion…
[What you need to know to start your day: Get New York Today in your inbox] Mikaila Bonaparte has spent her entire life under the roof of the New York City Housing Authority, the oldest and largest public housing system in the country, where as a toddler she nibbled on paint chips that flaked to…
Ever since a bite-size peanut butter cracker made him sputter and cough and break out in hives when he was a toddler, Carter Grodi has been under doctors’ orders to stay away from peanuts. He brought his own cupcake to school birthday parties, learned to read food labels, and turned 15 without ever tasting a…
Osteoporosis predominantly affects older adults, but bone loss can start at as early as age 40. Recently, scientists have found that probiotics might be a safe and effective tool to help fight bone loss. As we age, the interlinked bone structure (shown here) slowly becomes less robust. Bones do not just grow once and then…
Yelena Vladimirovna Nam and Nicholas Robert Cavanaugh were married Nov. 17 at the Scripps Seaside Forum, an event space in San Diego. Gonzalo P. Curiel, a federal judge for the Southern District of California, for whom the bride clerked from 2015-16, officiated. The couple met as freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, from which they…
Lindsey Brooke Cohen and Daniel James Berkowitz are to be married Nov. 18 at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange, N.J. Cantor Beth Hancock is to officiate. The bride, 28, is a publicist at Hunt & Gather, a communications and public relations agency in New York. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is…
Jenna Paige Sakwa and Jacob Ian Kastan were married Nov. 17 at Franklin Hills Country Club in Franklin, Mich. Rabbi Paul Yedwab officiated. The couple, both 30, met through a mutual friend in the Washington office of Representative Paul D. Ryan, the House speaker, for whom the bride serves as director of media affairs, and…