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Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right
Amanda Marcotte
Titillating stories can be more persuasive than facts, and the anti-choice movement loves its nutty urban myths
Death and the iPad: My kid wishes I were dead so he could get more time on the tablet — and I don’t blame him
Lauren Dockett
Today’s political realities are creating stores of sympathy in me for my kids’ feelings, however ugly they can get
Be a role model: Find a healthy balance with media and technology
Caroline Knorr
Young kids learn how to use technology by watching their parents, so model healthy habits early
Girlboss in the White House: How Ivanka Trump’s business success makes her above reproach
Erin Keane
On Netflix's "Girlboss," a beautiful young woman ruthlessly pursues power and cash, and we applaud. Sound familiar?
Don’t give hate a platform: Oprah’s new show stars homophobic preacher who compared gays to ‘liars’ and ‘adulterers’
Nico Lang
Oprah's cuddly favorite may be pleasingly loud, unconventional and hilarious, but he's also a stone cold homophobe
5 reasons you don’t need to worry about kids and social media
Caroline Knorr
Discover the ways social media can be a force for good in the lives of kids and teens
Are zoo animals happy? There’s a simple empathy test we can apply
Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce
Even the best-managed zoos fail to address a captive animal's basic need for freedom
Hygge babies: Here’s why infants in Denmark cry less than in other countries
Jessica Alexander
It's more than a good social system that benefits parents. Here are 4 cultural reasons why Danish babies are calmer
WATCH: Humorist P. J. O’Rourke on Donald Trump’s impending doom: “You could be really unpleasantly surprised” by how it happens
Andrew O'Hehir
Conservative humorist P. J. O'Rourke has made no peace with Trump — and sees little hope on either left or right
Retired general: Save Big Bird! Pumping up military while slashing PBS is “false choice”
Charlie May
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Gen. Stanley McChrystal urges the Trump administration to save PBS
WATCH: Parents, stop obsessing over your kids — try “reflective parenting” instead
Alli Joseph
Salon talks to a child-parent psychiatrist about what kids really need from the adults in their lives
Dutch kids aren’t stressed out: What Americans can learn from how the Netherlands raises children
Rina Mae Acosta, Michele Hutchison
UNICEF rated Dutch children the happiest in the world, and American kids aren't even in the top 25. Here's why
“I’ll bust you in the head till the white meat shows”: Stand-up comedy, black families and corporal punishment
Stacey Patton
Black comedians from Pryor to Bernie Mac have transformed the childhood trauma of corporal punishment into laughs
South Dakota passes “religious liberty” law allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples
Nico Lang
States like Texas and Alabama are considering similar legislation targeting LGBT families
Ask Donald Trump anything! Parenting tips, legal advice and the one character defect he can’t forgive
Bill Scheft
Want the secret to raising an Ivanka of your own? Here's the foolproof plan to becoming Father of the Year
WATCH: You don’t have to suffer in silence
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The filmmakers of a new documentary, "When the Bough Breaks," take on the stigma of postpartum depression
“This Is Us” ends a moving season full of loss with an episode that’s catching grief
Melanie McFarland
Fans wanted a death to cry over. What they got was a disappointing story about the losses that don't kill us
For New York families in custody fights, a “black hole” of oversight
Joaquin Sapien
Critics say a state office’s professed inability to review the work of mental health experts leave children at risk
Want to help Chicago’s youth? Pay more attention to the effect of violence on police
Eileen M. Ahlin, Maria Joao Antunes
Does violence by citizens result in more police violence, or does police violence feed back into the community?
Digital apps and subscription boxes put books by black authors in readers’ hands
Jessica Lipsky
Entrepreneurs are using technology and social media to expand the reach of authors of color
“Jesus didn’t live in a gated community”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Author Carol Howard Merritt on reclaiming Christianity
Breitbart, Roger Stone declare war on Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus after ousting of Michael Flynn
Sophia Tesfaye
"I think this is Pearl Harbor for the true Trump supporters," Roger Stone says
GOP-dominated state legislatures are back in session — working hard to take away women’s rights
Amanda Marcotte
From coast to coast, Republican state legislators go on the attack against women's rights and needs
“You just killed the weed man”: Adventures in buying (legal) pot
Emily Meg Weinstein
What I thought was a sushi joint turned out to be a marijuana boutique. It was weird to buy from strangers
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