Family MattersMen & Women
Men who work in female-dominated jobs tend to flex their testosterone around the house to compensate, spending more time on home repair, yard work and car maintenance.
Family MattersParenting
After Nirvana Jennette’s pastor compared her breast-feeding her baby in church to stripping, Jennette got fed up. Now, a nurse-in’s scheduled for Monday, and advocates are trying to overhaul Georgia’s public breast-feeding law.
Family MattersPregnancy
Pregnancy taxes a woman’s body, so you really have to wonder about the motivation behind Jill Hawkins’ desire to keep signing up for surrogate duty.
Family MattersInfancy
The American Academy of Pediatrics subtly turns the tables on the breast-feeding conversation with its updated guidelines. No longer is infant nutrition simply a lifestyle choice; it’s now a public health issue.
Family MattersPediatric Genetics
In her essay, Emily Rapp freely admits she would have aborted her son, who has Tay-Sachs disease, a disorder she expects will kill him this year. What would Rick Santorum say?
Family MattersParenting
In the past week, there have been student shootings at a U.S. high school and an elementary school. Are guns on campus part of the new academic reality?
Family MattersPregnancy
Why should women bear the brunt of infertility testing? A new at-home sperm-analysis test allows men to assess their babymaking abilities.
Family MattersParenting
Savannah Hardin, 9, dies after being made to run for three hours for lying about eating a candy bar. With her grandmother and stepmother charged with murder, will parents consider anew how to punish children?
Family MattersPregnancy
In France, Social Security funds la rééducation périnéale, up to 20 sessions of physical therapy intended to firm and tone the postnatal pelvic floor. The humiliation is apparently worth it.
Family MattersParenting
Are mothers perpetuating the attitude that fathers can’t parent as well as they can?
Family MattersPediatric Genetics
New prenatal blood tests can inform pregnant women as early as 10 weeks that their fetus may have Down syndrome.
Family MattersParenting
Even fans worry that Michelle Duggar is toying with her health by attempting future pregnancies.
Family MattersPregnancy
Not all employers wish their pregnant employees well: the number of pregnancy-related discrimination charges have jumped by 35% in the past decade
