Relationships

When long marriages end over 'incompatibility,' is it really incompatibility — or a midlife crisis? A reflection on marriage, divorce, and the work in between.

In June 2013, photos showed Charles Saatchi grabbing Nigella Lawson by the throat in a London restaurant. He was cautioned for assault; they divorced weeks

Hyderabad's illegal ‘contract marriages’: wealthy foreigners paying for one-month ‘wives’ — a racket exposed by teenager Nausheen Tobassum.

Parents can't track everything their kids do online — and shouldn't try. What actually works: watching patterns, setting boundaries, and talking.

Two women, similar backgrounds, the same day care job — one married, one raising children alone. How family structure has become one of America's deepest

She sees clutter; he sees treasures. How one couple's war over a messy home office illustrates the surprisingly deep psychology behind domestic conflict.

Marrying into Indian family life means marrying the family, the festivals, the food debates — and learning that 'compromise' has a much larger cast than two.

The 'nagging' label frames repetition as a character flaw instead of what it usually is: the response to commitments that were never kept.

Couples who work out together stick with it longer and report higher satisfaction. The science of social accountability — and the Koehler effect that makes

Satyamev Jayate's 2012 episode on child sexual abuse cited a devastating statistic — 53% of Indian children face sexual abuse — and asked parents to listen

Studies once found cohabitation predicted divorce — the 'cohabitation effect'. The real mechanisms: sliding vs deciding, selection, and age.

Leap Day's strangest tradition: women get to propose. From Scottish legend to Leap Year dances, here's where the February 29 custom came from.

A gene variant called 5-HTTLPR was once said to predict divorce. It doesn't. Here's what the actual research found about DNA and marital satisfaction.

Fifty rules for fathers of daughters — on presence, respect, courage, and the template you set for how she'll expect to be treated.

Stanford researchers found that gazing at a photo of a beloved reduces pain — activating the brain's reward systems. Love really is a drug.

Persistence closes deals — but applied to dating, it becomes harassment. What high-pressure professions do to personal behavior, and the psychology of power

The Penn State abuse scandal forced a national reckoning — and pushed parents to have the conversations about bodily autonomy that help children disclose abuse.

Bastien, 3, died of head injuries in Germigny-l'Eveque, France, after his father put him in a washing machine and switched it on.

"Sharma ji ka beta scored 98 percent." Comparing children to others feels like motivation — psychology says it mostly produces anxiety. What to do instead.