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Photo CreditCsilla Klenyánszki Photo Credit Three American Mothers, On the Brink
Eleven months, multiple breakdowns, one harrowing realization: They’ve got to get back up and do it all again tomorrow.
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Photo CreditCsilla Klenyánszki The Primal Scream
Working Moms Are Struggling. Here’s What Would Help.
What government, employers and the rest of us can do.
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Photo CreditCsilla Klenyánszki The Primal Scream
How Society Has Turned Its Back on Mothers
This isn’t just about burnout, it’s about betrayal.
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Photo CreditEleni Kalorkoti What’s in Your Prenatal Vitamin?
Doctors recommend them before, during and even after a pregnancy. But regulation is spotty and finding the right pill can be hard.
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Photo CreditCarolyn Cole/Getty Images Evidence Builds That Pregnant Women Pass Covid Antibodies to Newborns
A new study suggests that protective antibodies can be transferred through the placenta, and the baby may receive more of them if a mother is infected with Covid earlier in her pregnancy.
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Photo CreditNicolás Ortega From ‘Alma’ to ‘Zuri,’ Parents Are Looking for Positive Baby Names
They’re searching the heavens, and through family history, for strong monikers in a pandemic.
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Photo CreditJanice Chang Should You Worry About Your Kid’s Pandemic Weight Gain?
Think of body changes as something to be curious about, not a problem to be solved.
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Photo CreditSonia Pulido So You Think Your Kid Needs a Coronavirus Test
Here’s everything you need to know about when to get it and what to expect.
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The NYT Parenting Newsletter
More in The NYT Parenting Newsletter ›Photo CreditDani Choi Photo CreditAna Galvañ College Costs Are Less Terrifying Than You Think
You probably won’t pay the sticker price, and you can start saving now.
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The Home-Schooling Experience
More in The Home-Schooling Experience ›Photo Credit What It Means to Home-School
Portraits of families who opted-out of — or had to leave — traditional education.
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Photo CreditPhilip Keith for The New York Times The Freedom and Fulfillment of Home-Schooling
Nine families shared with us why they chose to educate their children outside the traditional school system.
Photo CreditIllustrations by Lucy Jones A Family Looks Back on Their Hybrid Home-School Experience
Seven perspectives on home-schooling in the 80s and 90s.
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Photo CreditGuillermo Arias for The New York Times Kids Seeking Asylum Find Some Measure of It in One Makeshift School
When the pandemic hit, volunteers had to find creative ways to educate migrant children living in limbo near the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Myriam Vidal Valero and
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What Parents Need to Know About Coronavirus
More in What Parents Need to Know About Coronavirus ›Photo Credit Photo CreditRose Wong 5 Ways Families Can Prepare as Coronavirus Cases Surge
As winter approaches, we still need to be vigilant about taking precautions.
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Photo CreditFrancesco Ciccolella Can I Safely Send My Kid to Day Care? We Asked the Experts
As states struggle with reopening, parents are scrambling to figure out child care amid a fall surge of coronavirus.
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Photo CreditMaggie Shannon for The New York Times ‘Extreme Pain, but Also Extreme Joy’
We followed several providers as demand for their services rose.
By Christina Caron and
Photo CreditRachel Levit Ruiz Death Was a Theory, Until I Became a Mother
An existential philosopher reflects on the mortality of motherhood.
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Milestones
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The Price of Modern Parenting
More in The Price of Modern Parenting ›Photo CreditRosem Morton for The New York Times ‘It’s Pretty Brutal’: The Sandwich Generation Pays a Price
Parents feel emotionally and financially stressed by caring for young children and older relatives at the same time.
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Photo CreditDavid Biskup Your Cheatin’ Wallet
How to recognize financial infidelity and stop it from eroding your family’s trust.
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Photo CreditMary Inhea Kang for The New York Times What I Spent to Adopt My Child
Three families share their adoption stories, illuminating the variety of choices — and costs — involved in the process.
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