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Adults Are Ruining ‘6-7’ for Halloween

Nothing is spookier than being cringe. By Julia Reinstein

Fertility

fast & furious Oh Great, Millionaires Are Racing Sperm Now The microscopic match will have leaderboards and play-by-play commentary. By Elizabeth Gulino
politics Trump’s IVF Executive Order Is a Glorified Press Release It doesn’t do much of anything, let alone lower costs or compel insurance coverage. By Andrea González-Ramírez

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

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Pregnancy

celebrity Carly Rae Jepsen Is Going to Be a Mom The singer is expecting her first child with music producer Cole M.G.N. By Elizabeth Gulino
women in sports Cardi B Is Embracing WAG Life The pregnant rapper showed up to Gillette Stadium to cheer on her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs of the New England Patriots. By Emily Leibert

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Babies

how i got this baby The Gay Dads Pursuing Adoption Over Surrogacy “My brother-in-law was like, ‘Oh, you’re too old to have kids. What are you doing?’” By Beth Greenfield
how i got this baby The New Mom Who Left Her Husband After Realizing She Was Bisexual “It was heartbreaking, but we finally decided that we weren’t going to be able to figure it out. We needed to get divorced.” By Anna Medaris

how i got this baby The Mom Whose Boyfriend Convinced Her to Get Pregnant at 15 “Kyle was telling me all these things — all the right things — about how we could be parents.” By Stephanie Booth
babies Does Your Baby Need Their Back Cracked? A new TikTok genre emerges. By Elizabeth Gulino

Kids

the hard part Let Your Kids Be Cringe Because if you’re too busy obsessing over how other parents are judging you, you’ll miss the best parts. By Amil Niazi
parenting Young People Are Helicopter-Parenting Themselves and Each Other And just like their parents before them, their vigilance is suffused with anxiety. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

parenting Is the End Nigh for Family Photos on Instagram? Parents and kids are negotiating over what to post and if “getting permission” means anything. For many, the effort is no longer worth it. By Elizabeth Passarella
parenting The ‘Six Seven’ Panic Adolescent slang has always been impenetrable to adults. That’s the point. By Ryu Spaeth

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Teens

parenting How I’ve Learned to Talk Kids Through Their Brain-Rotting Hot Takes First Rule: Don’t Panic. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
parenting How Are We Supposed to Talk to Our Kids About AI? We adopted social media with the critical thinking of a toddler putting a LEGO in their mouth. Let’s not make that mistake again. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

first person All I Wanted Was to Be the Popular Girl. My Teen Doesn’t Care About That. How my 14-year-old daughter taught me to butt out and let her be. By Monica Corcoran Harel
parenting The Dangerous-Son Problem Netflix’s Adolescence has upped the panic over teen boys’ internet brain rot. 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 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
parenting A New Era of Mommy Blogs No, they don’t believe in gentle parenting. By Catherine Hong

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

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