Parenting

Danielle Meitiv waits with her son Rafi, 10, for Danielle's six-year-old daughter, Dvora, to be dropped off at the neighborhood school bus stop in Silver Spring, Maryland.

How a two-and-a-half block walk threatens to tear a family apart

Danielle and Alexander Meitive of Silver Spring, Maryland, think their kids should be allowed to play in their neighborhood without being constantly watched. But the state of Maryland disagrees, and has threatened to take their children away — a threat that may be far more damaging than just the risks of playing alone.

How a two-and-a-half block walk threatens to tear a family apart
A woman rests next to her baby outside Kuala Lumpur.

Lullabies are not only for children, they're for adults, too

Lullabies are not only for children, they're for adults, too
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Sea Turtle Paternity Test

Sea Turtle Paternity Test

Paid paternity leave, offered for men only, offers dramatic changes in workplace, home dynamics

Paid paternity leave, offered for men only, offers dramatic changes in workplace, home dynamics

Critic doesn't object to Time breast feeding cover, but rather to words that accompany it

Critic doesn't object to Time breast feeding cover, but rather to words that accompany it

The Controversy Around Facebook Parenting

The Controversy Around Facebook Parenting
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Your take: good parenting

Your take: good parenting
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What is a Chinese mother?

What is a Chinese mother?

Fanfare for the only child

Parents are opting to have just one child in the midst of the recession, in spite of societal pressures.

Fanfare for the only child
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In a bad economy, opting for an only child

Over the course of modern American history, economics have played a role in the number of children parents choose to have. Aside from economics, what are the benefits and drawbacks of limiting family size?

In a bad economy, opting for an only child
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Parenting Lessons from Atticus

Parenting Lessons from Atticus
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As Americans struggle, child support takes a hit

Since the economic downturn, many Americans have to make cut backs. For some people, this means not being able to pay child support in full. In Tennessee alone, child support payments are down $13 million from last year.

As Americans struggle, child support takes a hit
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Share and share alike: can parenting ever be equal?

Can parenting responsibilities ever be divided truly equitably? If so, do you have to be well-to-do to make it happen? Takeaway talks to New York Times 'Motherlode' blogger Lisa Belkin and real-life couple and co-authors Marc and Amy Vachon.

Share and share alike: can parenting ever be equal?
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Kids and economic troubles challenge marriages

Recent studies have shown that parents with young kids can put a solid marriage on the rocks. So what happens when you add a national economic crisis to the mix? Yale psychology professor Susan Nolen-Hoeksema and Lamar Tyler, blogger at the parenting website BlackandMarriedwithKids.com, say that it's particularly hard for loving married couples to connect when times are tough.

Kids and economic troubles challenge marriages
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Who's your daddy? DNA might not matter

A third of men who take paternity tests end up finding out that they're not really the father. We hear from Tanner Pruitt, a father who took an unexpected route to gaining custody of a daughter that isn't his -- not genetically anyway.

Who's your daddy? DNA might not matter