Parenting

Bringing Up Bébé: Are French Parents Really Superior?

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Author Pamela Druckerman praises the French for imposing discipline and order on their kids. But do these high expectations come at the expense of hugs and kisses?

Why I Took My 7-Year-Old to a Tattoo Parlor

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Thinking about getting your kid’s ears pierced? Why a reputable tattoo parlor may be safer than using the piercing gun at the mall.

Why Spanking Doesn’t Work

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A new analysis concludes that spanking fails to alter kids’ behavior in the long term. What it does instead is amp up their aggression.

Study: Child Abuse Affects More U.S. Kids than SIDS

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Parents are usually the perpetrators of abuse, largely because they are unprepared to deal with kids’ crying. How a little education could help reverse the trend.

Is It Selfish to Pursue Fertility Treatments Instead of Adoption?

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Should infertile couples forgo their desire for biological children and turn instead to adoption?

Nurturing Moms May Boost Children’s Brain Growth

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The next time you’re tempted to lose your cool with your kids, do your best to channel your inner peacenik: it’s good for your child’s brain.

What the U.S. Can Learn from Indonesia About Breastfeeding

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Denying new mothers the right to breastfeed can land you in jail in Indonesia.

Why Parents Who Carpool Tend Not to Use Booster Seats

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Most parents carpool, but many don’t require their own children — or other kids — to buckle into boosters when transporting other kids.

Growing Up: Free-Range Kids or Smother Mother?

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How’s a parent to know when a child is old enough to cross the street — or, in Laura Dekker’s case, the ocean — alone?

‘The Pregnancy Project’: Why One Girl Decided to Fake Her Baby Bump

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Gaby Rodriguez’s mother got pregnant for the first time at age 14. Her sisters got pregnant as teens too. Rodriguez decided to buck the trend — and get creative at the same time