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  1. trump-biden debate
    US-VOTE-POLITICS-DEBATE-BIDEN-TRUMP
    I Let My 9-Year-Old Watch the Debate. It Was a Mistake.“It’s not supposed to be like this,” I told her again and again.
  2. parenting
    Did Kids Become More Racist Under Trump?A new book examines the white children who felt emboldened to be openly bigoted while he was president.
  3. parenting
    Baseball HustlersWhy are well-to-do parents fundraising to send their kids on vacations to Cooperstown?
  4. parenting
    Is a Sick Kid Better Than an Absent Kid?Health policies have grown more lax in an attempt to improve school attendance. Parents and teachers are split on whether it’s working.
  5. health
    What Happened to Maya KowalskiWhen a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?
  6. parenting
    Teens Love LinkedInTo some high-schoolers burned out on FOMO and thirst traps, the networking platform is “the way social media should be.”
  7. schools
    Did New York City Forget How to Teach Children to Read?This fall, Eric Adams is pivoting to phonics.
  8. name games
    Don’t Say Gay, or He, or She, or TheyFlorida schools under DeSantis are in a panic over pronouns.
  9. screen time
    A Better Way to Think About Young Kids and Screen TimeA new study correlates early-childhood device use with developmental delays. Is it the screens? Or what they’re replacing?
  10. education
    The Cost of Closing NYC’s Public SchoolsTalking through the effects of an irrational decision.
  11. parenting
    The Children of QuarantineWhat does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?
  12. kindercares
    Can I Talk to You About Preschool for All?It wasn’t easy, but after years of organizing, my county in Oregon will have universal early-childhood education.
  13. scenes from your pandemic
    Scenes From Your Pandemic: What I Learned About YouImages submitted by New York readers that illustrate what they’ve learned during co-isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  14. coronavirus
    Homeschooling Your Kids Because of the Outbreak? An Expert (My Mother) Has TipsTake your kids to the local cemetery for a history lesson. Or don’t.
  15. kids these days
    How Are Kids Supposed to Learn to Be Smart Online If Adults Are Such Dummies?The Momo challenge spread not because of children online, but because their parents didn’t bother to do their homework on whether the threat was real.
  16. select all
    Momo Isn’t What Parents Need to Worry About on YouTubeUnderstanding this week’s overhyped internet panic.
  17. politics
    Basically Everything Is Improved by an Interrupting ToddlerCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom’s son wandered on stage during his inaugural speech.
  18. select all
    Apple Says It ‘Thinks Deeply’ About How Its Devices Affect KidsApple wants you to know it cares about kids.
  19. select all
    Man Arrested After Dangling Baby Out Window Demanding Facebook LikesHe’s been sentenced to two years in prison.
  20. select all
    Parents From Abusive YouTube ‘Prank’ Videos Lose CustodyIn several videos, the couple yelled and cursed at their youngest son until he cried.
  21. Man Uses Facebook Live to Stream His Wife Giving BirthWe’ve reached peak live video.
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    France to Parents: No More Kid Pics on Facebook!“You can all be proud moms and dads to your magnificent children, but be careful,” someone, presumably a police officer, wrote.
  23. Another Mom Arrested for Letting Her Kid Go to the Park AloneDuring the day, with a cell phone.
  24. parenting
    NYC Parents Supposedly Hiring Professional Summer Camp Packers for $250 Per HourIf you have the money …
  25. real estate
    NYC Babies Sleeping Bathrooms, ClosetsTheir parents have them sleeping in bathrooms and closets.
  26. parenting
    Watch Jennifer Senior Deliver a TED Talk on the Problem With Modern Parenting“Why is it that so many mothers and fathers experience parenthood as a kind of crisis?”
  27. kids today
    Park Slope Parents and Teachers Protesting ‘Terrible Test’A difficult, “inappropriate” English exam has Brooklyn taking to the streets.
  28. parenting
    Bloomberg Not Good With Children, Says DaughterGo figure.
  29. the internet
    UrbanBaby Shaken to Its Core by Porn SpammerMommy meltdown.
  30. parenting
    Mom Attempts to Shoplift $250 in Candy, Leaves Baby Didn’t work.
  31. oh brooklyn
    Brooklyn Baby D.J. School Really HappenedIt went pretty much like you’d expect.
  32. the internet
    Media Elites Are Creating Twitter Accounts for Their BabiesWe asked the tough question: Why?
  33. very sad things
    Father of 1-Year-Old Shot Dead in Brooklyn Won’t Cooperate With PoliceThe search continues for the killer.
  34. weinergate forever
    Anthony Weiner Dodges Parenting Question With Epic PanderingFather of the year.
  35. rich people problems
    Rich People Sending Nannies to Private SchoolsTo volunteer in their place.
  36. parenting
    Obama Family Tattoos Actually Sound Pretty GreatFor us, at least.
  37. oh brooklyn
    Williamsburg Gentrification Especially Hard on Hip BabiesThe construction makes them cry.
  38. parenting
    FDNY Kid/Racist Tweeter Lives With Disappointed Dad“I am extremely disappointed.”
  39. Worst. Father-Son. Bonding. Ever.Get ready to puke!
  40. parenting
    Queens Girl One-Ups ‘I Enjoy Vagina’ T-Shirt With Mom’s BlessingThe 15-year-old has plenty of risqué shirts to deploy.
  41. kids today
    Brooklyn Parents Say What the Hell, Take Pre-Verbal Babies to French ClassThe benefits must outweigh the shame.
  42. bad education
    Shocked Parents Find the Blue Man Group’s Educational Philosophy ‘Unstructured’You don’t say?
  43. parenting
    Happy Mother’s Day From Brooklyn“If I could do it all over, I’m not sure I’d have kids.”
  44. oh new jersey
    Classmate: Tanning-Obsessed Mother Has Always Been Abnormally TannedAnother dispatch on New Jersey’s tannest mother.
  45. white women with money
    Upper East Side Craigslist Mom Got That Book Deal After AllRebecca Land Soodak has it all figured out.
  46. parenting
    Westchester Woman Aces Obsessive MotherhoodShe took the SAT seven times.
  47. parenting
    The ‘Babyccino’ Is Sweeping BrooklynYes, that’s a coffee drink for kids.
  48. child support
    Deadbeat Dads Pony Up $731 Million to City in Child Support The power of garnished wages.
  49. parenting
    Loving Mom Tries Voodoo to Save Son From Drug ChargesA mother’s love for her son is not to be messed with.
  50. crimes and misdemeanors
    Deranged Woman Encouraged 12-Year-Olds to Fight by Beating One UpBlame the adult for this Long Island school-yard fight.
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