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August 28, 2014
Alec MacGillis
In America Today, a 9-Year-Old Girl Can't Play Alone in a Park But She Can Play With an Uzi
August 7, 2014
Rebecca Traister
Men Have Every Right to Complain About Parenting
Why we need more men to speak openly about the challenges and joys of raising kids
July 25, 2014
Michael Brooks
Men Can Be Just as "Maternal" As Women, According to Neuroscience
June 18, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
Kids Can Tell When You're Not Telling the Whole Truth
And they know to act on it
December 3, 2013
Hilary Levey Friedman
The Wild, Unregulated Business of After-School Programs
How well do you know that soccer coach or piano teacher?
November 15, 2013
Alice Robb
China's One-Child Policy Has Had Some Surprising Consequences for Kids
October 29, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
Big Mother Is Watching You
Technology now lets you spy on your kids all the time. Why you shouldn't.
September 25, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Have Professional Women Created a Worse World for Their Working Class Peers?
September 25, 2013
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Tests Make Kids Smarter. Let's Give Them More.
September 17, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
Stop Forcing Your Kids to Learn a Musical Instrument
June 14, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Early Childhood Gets What It Needs: A Star Supporter
May 30, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Erick Erickson, Meet My Wife
What Fox gets wrong about female breadwinners
May 17, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Obama Takes on the Hell of American Day Care
New regulations could help keep kids safe
May 8, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
"Daddy, What's a Sperm Donor?"
This is the question I fear most
April 15, 2013
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Jonathan Cohn
The Hell of American Day Care
An investigation into the barely regulated, unsafe business of looking after our children
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April 3, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
Raising Children Requires Outsourcing
All parents do it, whether they realize it or not
March 5, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
Making Time for TV
Why parents who love television should let their kids watch, too
February 14, 2013
Liza Mundy
The Strange History of the Birth Certificate
February 8, 2013
Ruy Teixeira
Baby Talk
Do low fertility rates spell economic collapse?
January 30, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
Maybe It's Time I Picked Up a Pot Habit
A father of three considers a late-night high

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