Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity
Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive.
Parenting
Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia.
Bed sharing tends to be unpopular and contentious in the United States. But in many Asian countries, the question is often not whether to do it, but when to stop.
Authorities Rescue Girl Whose Mother Livestreamed Her Sexual Abuse
The 9-year-old from Vietnam was abused by her mother for customers watching on smartphone apps in the U.S. and elsewhere. The mother said she needed the money.
The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate
Fertility decline is a devilish problem. What if the only solution is to treat parenting as a public service worth paying for?
The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate
Fertility decline is a devilish problem. What if the only solution is to treat parenting as a public service worth paying for?
U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility Crisis
Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.
With Acts of Subversion, Some Russians Fight Propaganda in Schools
Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, antiwar parents and some teachers say they are going to great lengths to shield children from state-mandated patriotic education classes.
The UK Government Wouldn’t Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up.
In Britain, amid growing evidence of harm to young people from extreme content online, a “Smartphone Free Childhood” campaign is going viral.
How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting
George Lewis’s riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting — and the inner lives of 2-year-olds — have won him legions of fans online and galvanized his once middling stand-up career.
A U.K. Teen’s Parents Sent Him to Ghana. He Took Them to Court.
Fearing their son was becoming involved in a gang, a London teenager’s parents tricked him and left him in Ghana. He sued, but a court sided with his parents.