Hacker News with Generative AI: Family

My parents holding hands after their assisted death (theguardian.com)
This is a photo of my parents right after their deaths, in Assen, the Netherlands, on 1 May 2024. My father Klaas Roemers was 90, my mother Fenny Roemers-Visser was 86.
Assisted Suicide, Death, Family, Netherlands
13 points by tiniuclx 10 days ago | 0 comments
MSU study finds number of US nonparents who never want children is growing (msutoday.msu.edu)
Recent data from Pew Research Center suggest that Americans are rethinking whether they want to become parents. This could be part of a long-term trend, as a research team from Michigan State University found that the percentage of nonparents in the United States who never want children has doubled over the past 20 years.
Demographics, Family, Parenting, Social Trends, Research
12 points by ivewonyoung 16 days ago | 9 comments
Silicon Valley 'nepo baby' publishes scathing first novel about growing up rich (sfstandard.com)
In his debut book, Daniel Breyer, son of billionaire VC Jim Breyer, skewers the world of wealth and privilege he grew up in.
Silicon Valley, Social Commentary, Wealth, Family, Literature
23 points by CalChris 18 days ago | 15 comments
Kagi for Kids (kagi.com)
The Kagi Family Plan is perfect for families wanting to search smarter, emphasizing learning over consumption while respecting your family's privacy.
Family, Privacy, Search Engines, Education
198 points by ryanjamurphy 25 days ago | 166 comments
George Orwell and me: Richard Blair on life with his extraordinary father (theguardian.com)
Richard Blair didn’t have the easiest start in life. At three weeks old, he was adopted. Nine months later, his adoptive mother, Eileen, died at 39, after an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic she was given for a hysterectomy. Family and friends expected Blair’s father, Eric, to un-adopt him. Fortunately, Eric, better known as George Orwell, was an unusually hands-on dad for the 1940s.
Biography, Family, History, Writing
73 points by lermontov 29 days ago | 25 comments
43-year-old Family Canoe Trip (paddlingmag.com)
On June 14, 1974, my grandma Glady dropped her two sons off at a marina in the Puget Sound. They loaded gear into homemade woodstrip canoes and pushed off into the cold, black water. Decades later, Grandma told me as she watched them disappear into the fog, she wondered if she would ever see her boys again.
Family, Canoeing, Puget Sound, Nostalgia, Personal Stories
103 points by cameron_b 39 days ago | 24 comments
The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Virgins (newyorker.com)
As far as we know, Jesus never said anything about gay sex. He did, however, take a stand on family life: he was opposed. Those who are worthy of Heaven, he says, in Luke 20:35, need not bother with marriage; in fact, per Luke 14:26, the true disciple must “hate” the family he already has.
Religion, Christianity, Family, Sexuality
4 points by Petiver 40 days ago | 0 comments
What My Father's Emails Taught Me About the Craft of Writing (lithub.com)
The computer lab where I checked my email was in the basement of Cornell’s Electrical and Computer Engineering building. A windowless room with thin, industrial carpet that felt like a second home. There was a vending machine outside the doors where, for under a dollar, I could buy a strawberry Pop-tart for dinner.
Writing, Personal Essays, Family, Education
50 points by PaulHoule 48 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: Bad ALIENS, 5yo and dad build a game in 8h with AI (nicroto.github.io)
AI, Game Development, Family, Creative Projects, Show HN
8 points by tsenkov 53 days ago | 3 comments
Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working (economist.com)
Work hard, children are told, and you will succeed. In recent decades this advice served the talented and the diligent well. Many have made their own fortunes and live comfortably, regardless of how much money they inherited. Now, however, the importance of hereditary wealth is rising around the rich world, and that is a problem.
Economics, Inequality, Wealth, Family, Social Mobility
678 points by pseudolus 56 days ago | 904 comments
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017) (johnsalvatier.org)
My dad emigrated from Colombia to North America when he was 18 looking looking for a better life. For my brother and I that meant a lot of standing outside in the cold. My dad’s preferred method of improving his lot was improving lots, and my brother and I were “voluntarily” recruited to help working on the buildings we owned.
Family, Real Estate, Immigration, North America
384 points by lis 67 days ago | 210 comments
'You've Blown a Hole in the Family': Inside the Murdochs' Succession Drama (nytimes.com)
More than 3,000 pages of documents reveal how years of betrayals led to a messy court battle that threatens the future of Rupert’s empire.
Media, Family, Business, Lawsuits, Succession
15 points by JumpCrisscross 70 days ago | 17 comments
It's not 'emotional labour', it's kin work (thefuturefeeling.substack.com)
I’ve just come back from a seasonal gathering where it was obvious – as it is obvious every year – that the women in the heterosexual couples had done a far larger amount of work than their partners.
Gender, Relationships, Sociology, Family
61 points by bobbiechen 81 days ago | 71 comments
Lessons in creating family photos that people want to keep (2018) (medium.com)
As a consequence of scanning thousands of slides, I learned quite a bit about taking photos that capture a family’s life. Here’s a personal memoir, with a few lessons in taking memorable snapshots.
Photography, Family, Memories
404 points by mooreds 89 days ago | 166 comments
The reason for the rise in male childlessness (bbc.com)
When the US vice-presidential candidate JD Vance made a comment about “childless cat ladies”, he evoked an image of educated, urbanite, career-minded women.
Demographics, Social Trends, Gender, Family, Politics
15 points by Qem 93 days ago | 9 comments
A story of three identical strangers (historicflix.com)
In 1980, three young men discovered something truly astonishing: they were identical triplets, separated at birth. They met by chance – up to that point, none even knew that they had siblings.
Identical Triplets, Family, Human Interest, Genetics, Social Media
16 points by 5555624 94 days ago | 11 comments
Genetics, not shared envs, drives parent-child similarities in intelligence (psypost.org)
How much of your cognitive ability is shaped by your genetic inheritance compared to the environment you grow up in? A new study published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility suggests that the transmission of cognitive ability from parents to children is primarily driven by genetics, with little influence from shared environmental factors like family resources. The findings challenge traditional assumptions in social mobility research that often attribute these correlations primarily to socio-economic status.
Genetics, Intelligence, Family, Social Mobility, Research
42 points by amichail 99 days ago | 16 comments
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an 'inheritocracy' (2024) (theguardian.com)
Family wealth dictates our life choices. So is the Bank of Mum and Dad now behind so many of society’s growing inequalities?
Economics, Inequality, Family, Social Issues, Inheritance
26 points by herbertl 102 days ago | 28 comments
An Illustrator Dies, His Last Book Unfinished. In Steps His Son (nytimes.com)
Charles Santore was in the middle of illustrating the children’s book he did not know would be his last when he began to feel weak.
Family, Death, Art, Books, Children's Literature
7 points by prismatic 102 days ago | 1 comments
My Gen Z kids had a surprising reaction to 'Dead Poets Society' (upworthy.com)
While other kids were playing soccer, young Donovan Carrillo had other dreams. Despite living in the warm and temperate climate of Mexico, Carrillo had a singular vision of grabbing gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Generations, Movie Reviews, Family, Parenting
7 points by BerislavLopac 106 days ago | 2 comments
Sam Altman's sister files lawsuits against Sam alleging sexual abuse (cnbc.com)
Lawsuits, Sexual Abuse, Technology, Family
86 points by bhouston 108 days ago | 38 comments
South Korean adoptees and families rocked by fraud allegations (apnews.com)
Her greatest fear, dormant for decades, came rushing back in an instant: had she adopted and raised a kidnapped child?
Adoption, South Korea, Fraud, Family
8 points by achristmascarl 116 days ago | 0 comments
Moms Carry 71% of the Mental Load (neurosciencenews.com)
New research from the University of Bath and the University of Melbourne, published in the Journal of Marriage & Family, reveals that mothers overwhelmingly carry this “mental load” while dads often take a back seat.
Gender Roles, Family, Psychology, Research
10 points by gmays 128 days ago | 6 comments
Always go to the funeral (2005) (npr.org)
I believe in always going to the funeral. My father taught me that.
Life Advice, Personal Anecdotes, Family
571 points by NaOH 130 days ago | 296 comments
Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust (nytimes.com)
A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust to consolidate his eldest son Lachlan’s control of his media empire and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant, according to a sealed court document obtained by The New York Times.
Media, Law, Family, Business
5 points by whack 136 days ago | 0 comments
Boy, Girl, Boy (richardhanania.com)
I like to call my first son “Boy.” I think it comes from The Simpsons, back when it was good. In the early days at least, this was how Homer would refer to Bart. It always seemed very funny to me, as the term knocks children off their pedestal and reduces them to their subordinate role within the family.
Parenting, Humor, Television, Family
6 points by paulpauper 138 days ago | 1 comments
Boomers grieve not becoming grandparents–Millennials have little sympathy (independent.co.uk)
Amid falling birth rates and growing numbers of U.S. adults opting to remain child-free, boomer and Generation X grandparents are mourning the prospect of ever becoming grandparents. However, according to millennials themselves, the reasons for not having children far outweigh the disappointment their parents may feel.
Generations, Family, Social Trends, Demographics
9 points by ganzuul 140 days ago | 2 comments
How A Mom Managed to Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail with 13 Kids (theinertia.com)
Hiking the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail is a monumental achievement for anyone. Now imagine doing it with 13 kids in tow – it sounds almost impossible. But that’s exactly what Nikki Bettis set out to do.
Hiking, Family, Appalachian Trail, Parenting
23 points by ics 140 days ago | 16 comments
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden (cnn.com)
Politics, Law, Family
69 points by LopRabbit 145 days ago | 85 comments
The Kitchen with Two Doors (longreads.com)
I don’t need to bury my nose in my curls to confirm it, but I do it anyway. On mulukhiyah nights, I leave my parents’ house smelling different than when I arrived. The spices that hung in the air like a fragrant fog when I walked in are now living in my pores, between my lips, on my coat. It’s a scent I can almost see—bold hues of garlic and coriander painted in one smooth brushstroke of forest green.
Food, Culture, Family
4 points by mooreds 148 days ago | 0 comments