parenting

When kids and teenagers think about the future, they have an extra burden: They have to deal with more of it than adults. An adult might look at the United…

It was mid-September when I first saw a very faint but recognizable second line on an at-home pregnancy test. I had just returned home from a work trip to…

Researchers at the George Washington University set out to better understand how the…

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In May 2021, Twitter, a platform notorious for abuse and hot-headedness, rolled out a “prompts” feature that suggests users think twice before sending a…

It’s all too frictionless to get sucked into the parental panopticon: The simple, slick, and seductive interfaces are designed to make parents feel warm,…

Childcare is the most intimate of activities. Evolution has generated drives so powerful that we will risk our lives to protect not only our own children,…

Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices are an essential part of every smart household. Since the Echo’s launch in Canada back in 2017, the adoption of…

As my son prepared to leave home for coding boot camp five years ago, I worried his communication style wouldn’t match my need for updates. I didn’t want to…

Of course, babies also like to suck their own toes. Does it really matter what colors they prefer? Does mother know best? Skelton says scientists are “still…