The Most Memorable Advice of 2025

The Most Memorable Advice of 2025 Meditations on how to nurture and strengthen your relationships in the new year Katie Martin / The Atlantic The approach of a new year is an opportunity to reflect on time spent with friends, family, and partners who have played a role in your life-and how you can improve these relationships. For parents, 2025 might have been a year that felt fraught with questions about what it means to raise a child today. In 2025, Atlantic writers explored the challenges that can come with finding child care, the debate about whether to avoid ultra-processed foods , the questions of when- or where -kids should gain access to technology, and more. Dating, a once classic rite of passage, is also changing, Faith Hill wrote this year. Yet even as fewer young people are getting into relationships, they do believe in love: According to one study that included more than 5,000 Americans , 60 percent of single adults said they believe in love at first sight, a nearly 30 percent increase from 2014. With a new year comes the hope of change and betterment-so let these writers help you nurture and strengthen your relationships in the year ahead. On Dating Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage , by Faith Hill Dear James: The Men I’m Dating Keep Leaving Me Numb , by James Parker The Agony of Texting With Men , by Matthew Schnipper The Great Ghosting Paradox , by Anna Holmes The New Singlehood Stigma , by Faith Hill Three Rules for a Lasting Happy Marriage , by Arthur C. Brooks On Parenting Avoiding Ultra-Processed Foods Is Completely Unrealistic , by Olga Khazan One Obvious, Underused Child-Care Solution , by Marina Lopes Being a Dad Is About More Than Being Around , by Stanley A. McChrystal A Tech Rule That Will ‘Future-Proof’ Your Kids , by Rheana Murray Parents, Put Down Your Phone Cameras , by Russell Shaw Bring Back Communal Kid Discipline , by Stephanie H. Murray The Most Useless Piece of Parenting Advice , by Olga Khazan

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