Children

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What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen
By Andrew O'Hehir Oct 19, 2009

  • The bambino in winter

    Why do babies born between December and February have a bleaker life outcome than those born in other months?
    By Amanda Fortini September 25, 2009

  • The color-blind myth

    A new book says that parents who refuse to talk to kids about racism might be unwittingly reinforcing it
    By Amy Benfer September 11, 2009

  • Cogito ergo sum, baby

    Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves
    By Robert Burton August 13, 2009

  • Born too soon

    Vicki Forman's twins weighed only a pound at birth. She thought they should be allowed to die. Doctors disagreed
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 25, 2009

  • No one can understand an orphan

    Only someone who's been through it can know what's like to lose both parents at 16
    By Cary Tennis July 9, 2009

  • Can a kid own a house?

    How old do you have to be in the U.S. to buy property?
    By Cary Tennis July 7, 2009

  • Summer reading: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson recommend

    The children's book authors recommend their favorite summer reading.
    June 5, 2009

  • Summer reading: Berkeley Breathed recommends

    The "Bloom County" creator on why you should keep reading history.
    June 5, 2009

  • Beware the stepmonster!

    A sympathetic new book about the family member everyone loves to hate suggests even the best stepmoms in the world are set up to fail miserably.
    By Heather Havrilesky May 20, 2009

  • Stay or go? I'm on deadline to decide

    I'm separated and in counseling, and I have to decide next week to divorce or not
    By Cary Tennis May 18, 2009

  • Life of the potty

    Everyone's child obsesses about something. But why did my son choose urinals?
    By Robert Radin May 14, 2009

  • Stop worrying about your children!

    Kids today are just as safe as they were in the '70s, says "Free-Range Kids" author Lenore Skenazy, and what's really distressing is an alarmist culture that refuses to let them grow up.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 4, 2009

  • I want a baby really badly!

    I know I'm too young, but every time I look at one, I want one. How to delay my desire?
    By Cary Tennis May 4, 2009

  • My husband wants kids but I like things the way they are

    We've got a great life going. Let's not spoil it.
    By Cary Tennis April 9, 2009

  • The monster inside my son

    For years I thought of his autism as beautiful and mysterious. But when he turned unspeakably violent, I had to question everything I knew.
    By Ann Bauer March 26, 2009

  • Runaway daughters

    After her teenagers hit the streets, author Debra Gwartney faced desperation and panic. She talks about why her children left -- and how they finally returned.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski March 7, 2009

  • The new pornographers

    What's more disturbing -- that teens are texting each other naked pictures of themselves, or that it could get them branded as sex offenders for life?
    By Tracy Clark-Flory February 20, 2009

  • Time to choose: The stable guy or the fun guy?

    I want kids. I want security. I want laughter.
    By Cary Tennis February 3, 2009

  • I'm not ready to be a stepmom

    If I marry, I get a 16-year-old who can barely take care of herself.
    By Cary Tennis January 13, 2009

  • I think my friend's kid is autistic

    I wish she'd consult a specialist, but she thinks she knows what's best.
    By Cary Tennis December 18, 2008
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