Can a New Parent Remain a Good Friend?
When my friends have kids, they often disappear only to re-emerge with a new clique of fellow parents. For an old friend with no plans for children, are these relationships salvageable?
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Parents
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‘Kiss Everybody’: Parents’ Voicemails Preserve Their Memory in Death
One reporter marvels over how the things he cherishes most about his parents aren’t those that he would have ever imagined.
Dads Don’t Speak Parentese
A preliminary study indicates that dads speak in the same tones with kids as they do adults.
The Fight to Decriminalize Truancy in Texas Schools
Should kids be led out of class in handcuffs for being late to school?
America’s Unseen Export: Children, Most of Them Black
The theories and policies that govern American adoptions are out of date. At least until they’re changed—to keep state and private agencies from applying the law in such a way as to prioritize heterosexual couples—you can expect the outgoing adoption industry to continue growing, raising important questions about race and rights.
The Majority of Stay-at-Home Dads Aren’t Staying Home to Care for the Family
A close look at a Pew Social Trends report.
Mothers (and Others) Can Make Good Fathers, Too
It’s time for a less strict and judgmental definition of what makes for a functioning family.
Should We Take Away the Children of Those Who Are Mentally Ill?
Mindi has never harmed her daughter and is capably raising a son, but authorities took her daughter under a concept sometimes called “predictive neglect.”
South Dakota v. Native American Parents: Why Are Children Being Separated From Their Families in Pennington County?
On reservations that have been described as “chaos” and “a swirling hell,” child welfare officials could have good intentions, but their efforts are still in clear violation of the Indian Children Welfare Act of 1978.
The Kids Will Be All Right, Even Without the Nuclear Family
Gay, straight, single, divorced: Five studies that prove that the who of family matters a lot less than the how when it comes to raising happy, healthy kids.