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American Parents Are on Suicide Watch
Even though record numbers of children are making attempts on their own lives, schools are divesting from mental healthcare. Who is going to step up?
Health
Nature Has Death. Show Your Kids.
Netflix has warned animal lovers that their new documentary from David Attenborough may be too much.
Culture
My Kids Are F**king Bannans For Herbie 'The Love Bug'
An old movie franchise from Disney’s Buena Vista features a sentient car, zero CGI and enough heart and wildness that even kids raised on modern action films can feel the joy.
Opinion
Help! I Think My Baby Hates Me
Your baby might not be into you right now, but that will probably change.
Fatherly Advice
I Tried Active Listening and Got My Angry Kids to Calm Down
Active listening is a tool commonly used by therapists. It relies on some annoying verbal tics, but it works like a charm.
The Experimental Family
When Parents Get Paid
People often describe parenting as a job. For some people, the work is compensated.
Love & Money
‘Wife Swap’ Is Here To Save American Parenting
In the age of intensive machine parenting and parent shaming, a show that forces parents to step outside their insular lives and see how the other half lives should be compulsory viewing.
Play
Repeat After Me: Teachers Aren't Nuns
Long Island middle school teacher Lauren Miranda was fired when a student obtained a nude selfie without her consent. Put differently, she was let go for having breasts.
Opinion
She Told Us She Was a Bad Mom. We Should Have Believed Her.
Felicity Huffman tried to monetize being a terrible mother on the internet before she was outed for being a terrible mother in real life.
Culture
Keep Your Kids Safe. No One Else Will.
Companies and the federal government are dropping the ball on children's safety. You should be pissed. You should also be careful.
Opinion
Why Aren't Pro-Lifers Pro-Parent?
As fetal heartbeat abortion bans advanced in red states, it’s clear pro-life activists misunderstand the dilemma faced by would-be parents.
Opinion
Vacation Is a Family Value
Kids will grow into working adults, and unless we want them to be lost in a mire of stress, we need to live a life that helps them value leisure.
Culture
Help! My Wife Thinks I'm an Incompetent Dad
You're not a bad dad, but your wife may have her reasons for thinking so.
Fatherly Advice
What Parents Learned From the Mueller Report
It can be hard to separate news from speculation these days, but if you can quit the latter and embrace the former... do it.
Opinion
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