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As more and more overhyped solutions arise to try to prevent picky eating or intervene in infancy (and inevitably fail to do ...

Parents across the country are thinking about how to raise Gen Alpha boys with more empathy and emotional intelligence.

Giving my kids the option to opt out of lockdown drills is deeply personal. Really, it’s a prayer; may we keep the melody of our hearts tuned to hope, not fear. May that hope stoke the fires that keep ...

Five heavily documented teenagers describe mild embarrassment, a healthy fear of social media, and — get this — empathy for their parents. But what about their children, the kids they ...

I turn away from my husband and his snoring, using my back to try to block out the light from my phone. It is my favorite time of day: 10 p.m., in bed, secretly scrolling my favorite app, NYTimes ...

In late 2021, Rachel Platten was having the kind of nightmare day every parent fears. Her younger daughter, Sophie, then just a few months old, was in the hospital with a 105-degree fever, and ...

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Until you have children, bad vacations are an accidental genre: Maybe it rains, or the hotel looks nothing like it did online. It’s not until you become a parent that you will knowingly and ...

I opened the calendar on my phone and confirmed that there were 38 days until my son’s bar mitzvah. My son’s bar mitzvah is a symbolic beginning of his journey into adulthood. First and foremost, ...