Babies

Children are sexual creatures

Some mocked a lawmaker who recently referred to masturbating fetuses. But there's a deep, fascinating history here

Jonathan Zimmerman Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 48
Politics Children, Babies, sexuality

Joe Torre’s daughter catches baby after he falls from fire escape

Cristina Torre, a teacher, says that her instincts as a teacher kicked in VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 4:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, joe torre, Cristina Torre

Breast-feeding is hell

I don't care what the lactation consultants and baby books say. Trying to nurse my child was an exercise in failure

Dawn Dais Monday, May 27, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 74
Life New Mom Confessions

Why all babies say “mama”

It's one of language's few universal words, for reasons that have nothing to do with maternal love

Therese O'Neill, The Week Monday, May 13, 2013 4:16 PM UTC 17
Life The Week, Swahili, Maji, Babies

“Star Trek’s” Wil Wheaton tells newborn girl why being a nerd “is awesome”

An audience member asked the actor to record an inspirational video for her infant daughter VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 5:24 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Babies, Girls, nerds

Kate Middleton to have a girl?

The Duchess of Cambridge may have given away the sex of her child

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 4:32 PM UTC
Entertainment Kate Middleton, Pregnancy

Do abandoned children have the right to know their origins?

Surrendered babies and the making of identity

Charlotte Witt, Boston Review Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 23
Life Boston Review, Children, The UN

Mall cops harass breast-feeding moms for “exposing themselves”

Three Delaware moms were targeted by mall security -- and a Delaware state trooper -- for breast-feeding in public

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jan 7, 2013 4:26 PM UTC
Life moms, Breastfeeding, kids, Babies

Study: Language learning may begin in utero

Researchers found that infants can respond to their native language only hours after being born

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 10:37 PM UTC 12
Life Science, Babies, Language, learning

Are we born with a sense of fairness?

Evolutionary biologists are investigating whether it's a primal instinct dating back to hunter-gatherer societies VIDEO

Alan Honick and Gordon Orians, Pacific Standard Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 4:03 PM UTC
Life Video, Pacific Standard

Is Mississippi about to execute an innocent man?

Experts have begun questioning the validity of the autopsy results used to convict Jeffrey Havard of murder

Lauren Kelley, Alternet Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 13
News AlterNet, Murder, Mississippi

Drinking while pregnant can lower baby’s IQ

A new study suggests even a drink or two a week can harm a child's brain development

McCarton Ackerman, The Fix Friday, Nov 16, 2012 12:05 AM UTC
Life Alcohol, The Fix, Babies, IQ

Occubaby is born!

The young woman pepper-sprayed by police and her medic lover have a healthy daughter VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 9:34 PM UTC
Life Occubaby, Pepper-spray, Babies

Can babies read?

YouTube now overflows with videos of tykes "reading" books, but whether they should is another story

Janet Hopson, Pacific Standard Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 4:08 PM UTC
Life Babies, Neuroscience

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