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Parents are increasingly taking babies to the chiropractor. Is it safe?
Nicole Karlis
Baby chiros claim adjustments help with issues like tongue tie, constipation, fussiness, colic and more
We’re still way too afraid of “stranger danger”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Our kids are safer than ever. So are we terrified they'll be abducted?
Everybody relax: Marie Kondo isn’t a fraud. She’s simply as worn-out as the rest of us
Melanie McFarland
People angry at the decluttering expert for her latest admission never understood her in the first place
With “almond moms,” TikTok coins an epithet for a diet culture–obsessed parent
Nicole Karlis
"Almond mom" videos on TikTok force a cultural examination of the effects of diet culture on children
Why pregnancy forums are rife with health misinformation
Nicole Karlis
Online pregnancy support groups are teeming with vaccine misinformation. We asked experts what can be done
The superpower of NYT reporter drama “She Said” is also its undoing: Motherhood
Alison Stine
The investigative film, shut out of Oscar noms, presents a real and gritty view of parenting as a woman
Ginger ale cured every sickness when I was a kid, or so I thought — but why?
D. Watkins
When my own kid was sick, I felt pulled toward the refrigerator case for the taste of familiar medicine
Millennial moms and dads are consciously striving to parent differently than Boomers, study finds
Nicole Karlis
A new Pew Research study reveals surprising generational divides in parenting
Why aren’t there any legal protections for the children of influencers?
Jessica Maddox
Children cannot consent to being the star of their parents' show. We need an updated Coogan Act for the digital age
Thanks to inbreeding, bulldogs and pugs may not exist much longer, experts say
Matthew Rozsa
"The breed couldn't continue this way for another century. Its members wouldn't survive," one expert told Salon
Fleishman is in trouble — and a lot of dads will be too, unless expectations change
D. Watkins
I see first-hand how men get heaped with praise for basic parenting. And men need to be the ones to change this
I talk to my elementary aged kids about alcohol. Experts say you should, too
Lindsay Karp
Experts say talking to younger kids about safe alcohol consumption can be beneficial later in life
With the largest defense budget in world history, military families are going hungry
Andrea Mazzarino
We pour overwhelming sums of money into the U.S. military — and thousands of service members remain "food insecure"
More school counselors could turn the tide on the youth mental health crisis
Cameka Hazel
Students are more stressed than ever — and the best (and most obvious) solution is hiring enough school counselors
What happens when a family caregiver needs caregiving?
Pamela Appea
Overworked family caregivers are experiencing skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression
Should “food diaries” be assigned in schools? Experts point to potential dangers for youth
Michael La Corte
While food diaries can be a helpful tool for dietitians, are they a necessary assignment for the average student?
Thin bodies weren’t always attractive: A brief history of culturally relative beauty standards
Matthew Rozsa
The notion that fatness is unattractive is a recent (and psychologically damaging) phenomenon
Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist
Elizabeth Keating
We may love and respect our parents and grandparents, but there are barriers to knowing them. This might help
The “death penalty” of child welfare: In six months or less, some parents lose their kids forever
Agnel Philip, Eli Hager, Suzy Khimm
A law aimed at speeding up adoptions of kids in foster care stripped parental rights for hundreds of thousands
Your child’s glasses may have been made with forced prison labor
Gail Cornwall, Michelle Wallace
A public records request connects children's eyeglasses to labor exploitation in prisons
Books for hard-to-shop-for tweens and teens, from Star Wars and Harley Quinn to gothic horror
Alison Stine
Got a sullen teen, kid or other reader on your holiday list? Let them get lost in these gripping tales
Hey, new parents — go ahead and ‘spoil’ that baby!
Amy Root
Comforting a crying baby teaches them to regulate their emotions, and strengthens the caregiver/child bond
For Black families in Phoenix, child welfare investigations are a constant threat
Eli Hager, Agnel Philip, Hannah Rappleye
One in three Black children in Maricopa County, Ariz., faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period
Fixing foster care wouldn’t actually be that hard — or that expensive
Gail Cornwall
Erstwhile foster child David Ambroz explains why, and what’s standing in our way
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