'I am selling the jewelry and trying to understand how I determine the cost basis' "I am selling the jewelry and trying to understand how I determine the cost basis - her death or his death?" (Photo ...

I've been reflecting on the last conversation I had with my biological father before he died of cancer.

My husband died in an accident a few months ago, leaving behind me and our 13-year-old son. He did not have a will. I have the father-in-law from hell. He was the “secondary” on his bank account and ...

Despite never having a father in his life, Ezelle Perry loves the father he has become. But it's been a journey. On the day of his 10 th birthday, the now 39-year-old watched his mother be beaten to ...

A son feels trapped by the legacy of his father’s battles with mental health. By Alexander Nazaryan My father died last year, at 81, shortly after his first round of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer ...

“Will you tell me my father’s name?” I asked her. She said no. "Will you tell me your name?" A long pause. I waited, hopeful.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to disclose a devastating, destabilizing secret. By Kwame Anthony Appiah When I was a child, I was sexually abused by my father. I never told anyone about ...

Becoming a father to a happy-go-lucky little girl (who is about to hit her third birthday) has certainly had a profound impact on my life. Before becoming a father I can say that my life had felt ...