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The Mom Who Fostered 24 Kids and Adopted One

“Dropping off my first foster baby was crushing. A couple days later, I found a rogue baby sock and broke down. I was really surprised by the grief.” By Kristen Mascia

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 Skai Jackson Is Pregnant The former Disney star confirmed that she’s expecting a child with her boyfriend. By Cat Zhang
oh baby Margot Robbie’s Baby Has Reportedly Arrived Congratulations are in order for the first-time mom and husband Tom Ackerley. By Emily Leibert

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Babies

how i got this baby The Mom Who Became the Adoptive Parent She Never Had “Being in foster care and knowing how many bad homes are out there, I’ve always known that I wanted to adopt a child.” By Yolanda Wikiel
how i got this baby The Mom Who Had a Home Birth After a C-Section “I was determined to create a different birthing experience than the one I had with my first child. I needed to prove that I could do it.” By L'Oreal Thompson Payton

how i got this baby The Mom Who Became a Foster Parent After a Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy “I had feared getting attached to a child and then losing them, but now I had a new mindset.” By L'Oreal Thompson Payton
how i got this baby The Mom Who Moved in With Her Sperm Donor “Once he met the baby, he told me, ‘I just held him and I fell in love with him.’” By Yolanda Wikiel

Kids

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

parenting How Dare You Blame Parents for Pandemic Kids Being ‘Behind’ Now that 2020 babies are school-age but apparently not school-ready, parents are being scapegoated. Have you been paying any goddamned attention? By Amil Niazi
parenting Boo Baskets Are Haunting Parents Introducing the latest rabidly consumerist way to show your kids — and your followers — how much you love them. By Sarah Wheeler

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Teens

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 Who Is All That Obsessively Detailed College-Dorm Decorating Really For? How “Dorm Room Mamas” are using Amazon to helicopter-parent their kids post high-school graduation. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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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