There’s a rubba-dub-double benefit to bathing with your brood — just ask this full-frontal mama. Scrubbing away the stench of stigma, an unabashed mother of four children under age 8 is virally ...

“So, where do young people here go to hang out?” someone had asked from the back of the van. We hadn’t even seen a sheep, let alone another car, for miles. “The baths,” our guide had shrugged. This ...

On a recent concert tour in Japan, I had the chance to visit several thermal baths and to chat with people about the tradition of bathing. I was fascinated by their differences with American spas.

“Clothes off,” an attendant gently tells me, touching the woven cotton towel I have gripped around my body. We are standing in the sıcaklık, or hot room, of Istanbul's Zeyrek Çinili Hamam. Around us, ...

Bathing together with your child can be a common practice when they are very young, but as they grow and develop, it's important to consider their changing needs and boundaries. A child taking a bath ...