Parenting

Family planning in uncertain times.

Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there’s been little research or support directed at this group. That’s starting to change.

It wasn’t until I had my own child that my adoption story really started to hurt.

A time for holiday cheer — and boredom.

Is this gentle-parenting trend accommodating kids’ developmental stages, or catering to their worst impulses?

The saga of my Jewish conversion began twenty-five years ago, when I got engaged to my first husband.

If you wanted to figure out what really matters for raising happy, successful kids, you’d need to randomly select a bunch of babies from a broad spectrum of backgrounds. Then you’d need to follow them for decades.

One of the main selling points of Roku streaming devices and televisions is that they support such a wide range of apps and services—but you're not limited to the apps you can install directly via the streamer. You can also beam content to your Roku directly from an iPhone or Android device.

Eight weeks, 12 games and nine defeats into Manchester City’s descent into the footballing upside down, Pep Guardiola has at least identified the problem. So, there it is then. Score more goals. Concede fewer. Win rather than lose.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. A few months ago, I needed to have an emergency C-section a month before my due date. Thankfully I came through it safely, and have a wonderful little son. There is just one problem.