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I Am Sick of Our Doula Getting in Between Me and My Wife. Should I Fire Her?

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I Put a $1,300 Crib on Our Baby Registry. Now My Wife Is Flipping Out.

Stop Spending Money on the Baby Nursery

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My Wife Is Pregnant and I'm Not Ready to Be a Father. How Do I Get There?

What Foods to Prepare for Your Wife While She's Breastfeeding

How to Ride the Ovulation Cycle

What a True Division of Labor Looks Like in the First Week of Parenting

A Totally Laid Back Guide to Bottle Feeding Your Baby

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The Cry It Out Method Is Brutal But My Wife Sleeps Through It. What the Hell Is Wrong With Her?

11 Soothing Techniques to Calm a Fussy Baby

When Do Babies Start Sitting Up?

The Only 12-Month Milestones that Matter

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I Think My Creepshow Toddler Might Kill Me in My Sleep. Am I Overreacting?

I Worry My Toddler Has Autism. No One Believes Me.

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My Toddler Lives for Attention, So I Give It to Him. Am I Going to Raise a Narcissist?

All Parents Offer Empty Promises and Hollow Threats. But Do They Do Harm?

The Only Two-Year Milestones that Matter

The Only 18-Month Milestones That Matter

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I Want to Build My Kids a Treehouse for My Kids. My Wife Says Its Too Dangerous. This Coddling Pisses Me Off.

How to Talk to Kids About War

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I’m Following the Potty Training App. My Wife Is Not. Now My Son Is Pissing in Plants. Help!

How Not to Lose Sleep Over Daylight Savings Time

How to Play With Puppets Like Mister Rogers

I Am Introducing my Kids to Bloody, Savage Death — And It’s Great

Scared Parents Are Avoiding Playdates For "Safety Concerns." What Gives?

How to Explain Impeachment to Children

Argue About Impeachment All You Want. Just Don’t Do It In Front of Your Kid

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My Kids Are Messy As Hell. How Do I Get Them to Clean Up After Themselves?

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I Don't Like Hugging My Kids. What's Wrong With That?

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I Want to Stop Yelling, But It's the Only Way to Get My Kid To Do Anything

The Happy Kid Experts: 12 Researchers Whose Advice Parents Can Trust

How to Create a Morning Routine for School, Starting in the Summer

How to Help a Child Make New Friends

Want to Raise An Honest Kid? Do This.

33 Things That Parents of Teenage Girls Should Do

How to Make Rules a Teenager Actually Respects

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Smoke Masks for Kids Aren’t as Safe as You Think Whether you're in wildfire country or an area prone to smog, smoke masks are not going to help your kids. They're not made for them.

My Son Loves Kangaroos... What do you tell your child about a world on fire? Not too much. You help them take action by donating or doing charity work.

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26 Corny, Funny Jokes for Teens That Will (Briefly) Stop the Eye Rolls They're not such a tough audience if you have the right jokes.

Why Can't Mom Let Her Boy Be Sad? A new study shows moms react especially poorly to sadness and anger in boys. What's at the root of this hidden bias?

Health & Science

19 Corny Love Jokes and Flirty Knock-Knock Jokes for Valentine’s Day Love that makes you laugh is the best kind of love.

The 23 Funniest, Snowiest Winter Jokes for Kids and Chill Adults It's so important to make your chill-dren laugh.

There’s No Fix for Food Allergies. Parents on the Internet Still Want to Sell You a Cure. Increasingly, food allergy parenting groups online are taking a page from anti-vaxxers and promoting conspiracies and medically dubious advice. For parents with allergic kids, it's disorienting — and dangerous.

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The College Admissions Scandal America Ignored We all know Felicity Huffman did wrong, but in Dallas alone wealthy parents have extracted millions and millions in value from magnet schools not designed for their children.

Boredom Is Great for Kids, Right? Don’t feel pressure to plan every minute while your kid is on a break. A little boredom can be a good thing.

Health & Science

The Science of Santa Claus: Answers For Inquisitive Kids The story of Santa Claus — a world-travelling man with flying reindeer — is pretty out there. When kids get wise, keep the magic alive with some (strange but true) science that helps to explain Santa's abilities.

The 15 Funniest, Corniest New Year’s Jokes for Kids and Grown-Ups Ring in the new year with these jokes that will crack your kids up.

The Best Children’s Books of 2019 That Are Really, Truly for Kids What makes a truly great children's book? One that kids actually enjoy reading. That's what makes these the best books of 2019.

Santa Claus Is Actually Just a Big Elf, Says ‘Night Before Christmas’ This makes perfect sense.

The Best Homemade Christmas Present for Kids Toys are great and clothes are fine, but those things lose value over time. Memories do the opposite. And your kids will come to appreciate them more as they age.

Fatherly Voices

How to Talk to Kids, According to Mister Rogers It's a whole other language.

Parents Who Raise High-Achieving Kids Talk to Them Like This The way you talk to toddlers can determine how well they do in school throughout life. But not just any conversation will do.

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