Nicolas Cage says he lives a 'very monastic life' at 62 as he focuses on raising his toddler

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Nicolas Cage says fatherhood and age have made him rethink how he lives.

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I got laid off from Google, then found out I was pregnant. Going from DINK to self-employed has felt like the wild west.

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Shanon Morris.

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I'm still paying off tens of thousands in school loans as my oldest applies to college. My financial burden is shaping her approach.

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The author, shown with her daughter, says that her lingering student loan debt has impacted how her kids think about college.

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Rosamund Pike says it was 'important to cement' her relationship by starting a family — not having a wedding

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Rosamund Pike.

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Dakota Fanning, 31, knows what she wants from this 'next decade'

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Dakota Fanning says entering her 30s brought about a mental "shift."

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Sam Altman has a crib recommendation — and it's not the Snoo

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New dad Sam Altman recommended the Cradlewise crib.

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Rachael Ray, 56, has no kids and says her dog brings her a 'ray of light'

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Rachael Ray says she doesn't regret not having kids.

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More than half of child-free Americans under 50 who don't think they'll ever have kids say they just don't want them

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Fifty-seven percent of Americans under the age of 50 without kids said the main reason they won't have any is because they just don't want to.

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I'm a middle-aged man and father who struggles to make friends. Here's how I worked through my loneliness.

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The author, not pictured, struggled to make friends.

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The benefit that pays for itself and increases worker productivity

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Companies that offer childcare benefits have higher employee retention, new study finds.

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