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Is Annoyance the Most Romantic Emotion?

Love is what holds our households together, but love isn’t what gets things done. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

Fertility

fertility Embryos Out of Reach When a Nashville fertility clinic abruptly closed its doors in April, patients demanded answers. Months later, they’re still waiting. By Rae Nudson
motherhood Selena Gomez Shares That She ‘Can’t Carry’ Children She said she has “a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy.” By Emily Leibert

bullshit Trump Claims He Wants to Make IVF Free Responding to his off-the-cuff announcement, Elizabeth Warren tweeted, “American women are not stupid.” By Danielle Cohen
parenting Why Would Anyone Look for a Sperm Donor on Facebook? Meet the women logging on for fresh semen and the men who get their kicks offering their seed. By Anya Kamenetz

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Pregnancy

celebrity Megan Fox’s Exes Are Feuding Brian Austin Green, Megan Fox’s ex-husband, keeps taking jabs at her ex-boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly. By Emily Leibert
surrogacy Lily Collins’s Husband Defends Their Choice to Use a Surrogate Responding to those who criticized their path to parenthood, Charlie McDowell urged compassion and understanding. By Emily Leibert

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Babies

how i got this baby The Mom Who Is Trying to Become a TikTok Influencer “The first video I posted publicly was my son crying.” By Stephanie Booth
how i got this baby The Mom Who Went Into Heart Failure at 20 Weeks “I could feel this gurgle in my chest, from my lungs. You know when a kettle boils, that bubbling sound? That’s kind of what it was like.” By Kristen Mascia

how i got this baby The Ukrainian Mom Who Gave Birth to Premature Twins As Russia Invaded “My mom and I left with one bag. We didn’t even take strollers. The babies were wrapped in big blankets.” By April Daniels Hussar
how i got this baby The 10 Most-Read ‘How I Got This Baby’ Columns in 2024 The stories from our biweekly column on becoming a parent that most captured Cut readers’ attention this year. By the Cut

Kids

parenting Why I Won’t Let My Kids Watch YouTube Videos After seeing firsthand how much watching video after video changed my kids, we quit cold turkey. We all should. By Amil Niazi
parenting No Crap for Christmas I’ve learned the hard way that less is actually more when it comes to gifting for the kids. By Amil Niazi

parenting Finding Hope in Hopelessness When I look down at my daughter’s hand reaching for mine, I know it’s what is propelling me forward. It has to. By Amil Niazi
parenting Why Isn’t Halloween Scary Anymore? Being spooked by adults is one of my favorite childhood memories. But terrifying children for sport is not as socially acceptable as it once was. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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Teens

crime Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter? For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along. By Lauren Smiley
parenting It’s Family ‘Sex Scene’ Night When violent porn is everywhere, is there a case for serving up romantic counterprogramming to your teen boy? By Anya Kamenetz

self Getting Your Period in the Age of School Shootings Girls say policies like backpack bans force them to hide tampons in their hair and shoes. By Angelina Chapin
men Teen Boys Have Elaborate Skin-care Routines, Too The TikTok-fueled adolescent beauty boom isn’t just about girls shopping at Sephora. By Brennan Kilbane

Parenting Advice

parenting The Transgender Family Handbook 144 specific suggestions for how to be a supportive parent to your trans kid, according to trans young people and their loved ones.
celebrity Paris Hilton Has One Word for Critics of Her Parenting And for once, it’s not sliving. By Emily Leibert

parenting Emily Oster Softens Up In her new book, The Unexpected, the economist turned parenting expert examines life-threatening pregnancy complications that defy optimization. By Miranda Rake
parenting Talking to My Kids About the Unbearable When cruelty is inescapable, what are we supposed to tell our children? By Amil Niazi

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Parenting Trends

niche drama Now Who Is This TikTok Couple Who Left Their Babies Alone on a Cruise? Once again explaining Matt and Abby Howard. By Allie Jones
parenting I Don’t Need Your Opinion on My Kid’s Screen Time Talking about how you’ll parent someday is one thing. Surviving a kid’s tantrum so bad you question every choice you’ve ever made is another. By Amil Niazi

parenting The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent Some moms and dads who strive to be “gentle parents” unknowingly turn into indulgent ones, largely because gentle parenting is just too hard. By Elizabeth Passarella
parenting Are We All Secretly Co-sleeping? The answer, according to Instagram and TikTok, is yes. Now if only we could talk about it outside of the comments section. By Wendy Syfret

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