1+ week, 3+ day ago   (87+ words) What explains the partisan fertility gap? When some Taylor Swift fans listened to the lyrics of her 2025 song “Wi$h Li$t,” in which she sings about yearning to “settle down” with “a couple kids,” they heard a Republican dog…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (124+ words) Many Americans are waiting for their kid to be “ready” to use the toilet—and waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Read: Parenting in America keeps getting more intensive Potty training offers a strong case study in how easily the child-led…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1086+ words) The New Parent Trap The Atlantic The first time I went to sleepaway camp, I was 10 years old. When I returned home, a month later, my mom opened my footlocker to help me unpack. On top was a tray of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) The term assumes that adding a child to a family is for the best. But that’s not always the case. Within months of having her first child, Samantha Savran began hearing from family and friends that she should have a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (97+ words) A news flash that won’t surprise anyone: Screen time is bad for young kids. The latest such reminder came from a systematic review conducted by a consortium of British researchers, who found that more... Young kids shouldn’t have screen time,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (40+ words) The Atlantic My relationships with other men are centered on shared activities. Why do some people see that as a problem? Read: Friendship, on demand Read: It’s your friends who break your heart...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1547+ words) Rose Horowitch on her cover story and what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (114+ words) The Atlantic If you’re “actively trying to have babies,” one expert told me, “both the man and the woman should be abstaining” from alcohol. Read: Doomed to be a tradwife Read: The warnings I almost didn’t heed Maybe, then, the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (118+ words) The helplessness the Schneider family felt when Zeus lost his energy and mobility, is universal, says Dr. Courtney Campbell. When a pet is in pain, it separates them from their family—and strains the bond between pets and owners. But…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (141+ words) The Atlantic Children are said to be at particular risk from heat. So why are their rates of heat-related illness so low? For a parent who wants to know whether his feisty 7-year-old will be safe at camp when it’s…...