American society hasn’t embraced the idea that child-rearing can or should be taught formally ... And the old sources of communal parenting wisdom are disintegrating: Not only are families shrinking, ...

When I worked in reception at a maternal child health clinic and saw all the mothers cradling their newborns, I always felt slightly perturbed by their limp appearance. Even when I was pregnant ...

Unlike in the mid-20th century, when child rearing was more communal, today’s parents are increasingly isolated. Extended families and local support networks have diminished. Children no longer roam ...

Instead, they can act as backup daycare providers, pick up a sick child from school, shuttle tweens between activities, or stock a freezer with some favourite meals. Every little bit helps ease the ...

They also navigated gay identity, orgies, communal child-rearing; what never seemed to waver was the sense that this was an ...

For decades, the world has been captivated by proposed solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ranging from the two-state solution to the one-state solution. These ideas, while superficially ...

While parenting trends come and go, and the term 'lighthouse parenting' has been in the child-rearing lexicon for a few years now, it's recently started gaining traction. (Heribert Proepper/The ...

The revised law to support child care and child rearing was passed and enacted by a majority vote of the ruling parties at an Upper House plenary session. One of the funding sources for the new ...

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This piece is written in honor of the late Teresa Awien Dal Madut who died in 2023. She made history as the first woman from ...

While parenting trends come and go, and the term 'lighthouse parenting' has been in the child-rearing lexicon for a few years now, it's recently started gaining traction. (Heribert Proepper/The As ...