The Art of Parenting

One American generation is struggling to find affordable housing. A second is sitting at home with a lots of empty bedrooms. Real estate site Trulia…

In 1992, the New York Times published an editorial (paywall) on the importance of promoting breastfeeding in the developing world. A reader—and health care worker—responded…

Paris The world has long been plagued by the myth of French women. We can’t seem to get enough of what makes them so effortlessly…

When it comes to our careers, we all have better-than-average odds of following in our parents’ footsteps. But depending on what mom or dad do…

For more than four decades the marshmallow test has been used to measure an individuals self-control and ability to delay gratification—a personality trait that is…

Graduation speeches are usually brimming with optimism and idealism. Be your best self. Lean in. Make your dream work. Myra Stober, a labor economist and…

Amy Hatvany sat on the sofa next to her 14-year-old son, on a spring day in Seattle last year, and did something so wrenchingly difficult…

A survey of parents’ spending on their kids’ education found people in Hong Kong shell out more than $130,000 per child, spending about eight times…

Teaching kids coding is all the rage, with coding clubs and coding camps cropping up like Silicon Valley startups. Countries like the UK have made…

We are a society obsessed with information. We’re constantly connected, click-click-clicking to access a steady stream of news, data, and social-media updates. Curiosity is a…

All that British-born couple Sandeep and Reena Mander wanted was a shot at parenthood. The duo was seeking to adopt a child of any ethnic…

An average of 37 children each year in the US die of overheating after being trapped in cars. In more than half of these cases,…