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The Pain of Knowing Your Child Will Never Launch

“People say, ‘You’re such a great mom.’ I’m not. I’m just a mom, and this is the hand that I was dealt.” By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

Fertility

netflix The Retrievals Is Becoming a Netflix Series Emilia Jones is set to star. By Kathleen Walsh
culture Whitney Port Is No Longer Using a Surrogate for Baby No. 2 “I’m scared to be the vessel, but I’m even more scared of letting fear stop me from trying for something I want so deeply.” By Kathleen Walsh

health 11 Rounds of IVF, $250,000, and No Baby Clinics are seeing a wave of women over 45 trying to get pregnant. With so many experimental treatments, it’s hard to know when to stop. By Erica Schwiegershausen
power Are You ‘Underbabied’? Dr. Oz is worried about America’s fertility rate. By Kathleen Walsh

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Pregnancy

parenting ‘Why Am I Being Judged for Not Knowing If I Do or Don’t Want Kids?’ Being ambivalent is normal — for plenty of us, we didn’t know our own decision until it was already made. By Amil Niazi
pregnancy Usha Vance Doesn’t Want You Analyzing Her Maternity Style But she would like to talk about her Old Navy dress. By Kathleen Walsh

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Babies

health Another Fancy Formula Brand Has Been Recalled The FDA is investigating an outbreak of infant botulism after three babies who drank Nara Organics got sick. By Erica Schwiegershausen
parenting The Hard Part: ‘I Feel Bad That I Don’t Want a Second Kid’ Don’t let people guilt-trip you about “just one” — it’s okay to choose the family you have over the one you’re “supposed” to want. By Amil Niazi

celebrity babies Sienna Miller Says Being Pregnant in Her 40s Is ‘the Best’ “We don’t judge men who are having kids in their 80s,” the actor told Glamour. By Julia Reinstein
parenting Choosing to Become a Single Mom by Choice How an anonymous online community is helping women redefine parenting. By Anna Louie Sussman

Kids

parenting How Do You Teach Children to Have ‘Good’ Ambition? It’s not that I don’t want my kids to try or to work hard — I just want to teach them to do it for the right reasons and without feeling miserable. By Amil Niazi
parenting What’s the Best Way to Teach Good Habits to Little Kids? It feels increasingly challenging to build and insist on maintaining a family routine. So how else should we reinforce positive behavior? By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

first person 55-Year-Old Mother of Toddler Seeks Mom Friends When I became a parent, I was excited for the sparkly mom-group camaraderie and guidance that I assumed would follow. I’m still waiting. By Anna David
first person Making Peace With My Surrogacy The choice to carry my kids was taken from me — and with it, I thought, the feeling of motherhood. Eventually, thankfully, I learned I was wrong. By Jordana Brewster

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Teens

parenting How Much Independence Am I Willing to Sacrifice for My Kid to Earn His? A teenager’s independence can put a real cramp in having a relaxing summer. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
teen week New York’s Youngest Real-Estate Agent Is a 19-Year-Old Pageant Queen “Clients ask how old I am, and my favorite response is ‘Old enough to be licensed!’” By Clio Chang

parenting Every Teen Should Work in the Service Industry It is essential, for one’s humanity, to understand what goes into making people comfortable and happy every day. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
parenting Should We Praise Kids for Their AI Slop Art? Well, it’s probably a better idea than making them feel self-conscious with our most rigorous techno-dystopian criticism. 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

parenting The Inescapable Fantasy of ’90s Parenting Parents online will try — or buy — anything to raise their kids on nostalgia. Is it really any better than the present? By Jason Diamond
parenting My Daughter, Bagelface I’ll never quit posting my emoji-obscured kid on Instagram, no matter what you think. Until, of course, she’s old enough to tell me to stop. By Jason Diamond

parenting What’s So Bad About Being a ‘Girl Dad’? The phrase is corny, but if disowning the label means prioritizing toxic masculinity over the well-being of my daughter, it beats the alternative. By Jason Diamond
parenting Toys R for Kids — Not Adults What’s lost when the line between grown-ups and children becomes blurry and covered in Labubus? By Amil Niazi

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