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A Love Letter to Cricket, the Bookish Child’s Bible
I first encountered Cricket, the literary magazine for children, at the home of my best friend, Elaine. Elaine was the…
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My Son’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants to Keep Her Pregnancy. Is That Unfair to Him?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a co-parent’s wishes should matter to a pregnant woman.
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World
Adele Faber, Who Helped to Change How Parents Talk to Children, Dies at 96
With her collaborator, Elaine Mazlish, she wrote “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”…
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The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem
American women made significant progress toward closing the gender pay gap in the second half of the 20th century, but…
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Free Preschool With One Catch: It May Be a Long Commute Away
Many New York City families counted on the prospect of free preschool, but hundreds were not immediately offered a seat…
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Does Mindfulness Training Lead to Better Mental Health?
More from our inbox: Teaching About HateIsrael and Hamas: Let the I.C.C. DecideNonpartisan House SpeakersLucy Foulkes, a research psychologist at…
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On Instagram, a Jewelry Ad Draws Solicitations for Sex With a 5-Year-Old
Advertisers of merchandise for young girls find that adult men can become their unintended audience. In a test ad, convicted…
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When the Alternative to Foster Care Is an Unsafe Home, There Is Only One Right Choice
In February of 2023, Phoenix Castro was born in San Jose, Calif., suffering from neonatal opioid withdrawal after being exposed…
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Can a 50-Year-Old Idea Save Democracy?
The economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler thinks so. In “Free and Equal,” he makes a vigorous case for adopting the…
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Come on, Kids. Let’s Grab Drinks.
The first time Tom Mathe, head bartender at L’Avenue in Manhattan, saw a child order a mocktail, he didn’t know…