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A Mother Spent Thousands on Cheerleading Instead of a College Fund — Without Regrets
A parent who spent thousands on elite cheerleading instead of a college fund says she has no regrets — and now her daugh...
A Mom Picked a Small School for Her Sons Based on Her Childhood Fears—and Regrets It
A first-person essay on how a parent's anxiety about big schools shaped her sons' education and why she now questions th...
Why the Return to School Hits Children Harder Than Parents Expect
The switch from summer freedom to September's grades, social scrutiny and screen habits is a major adjustment for childr...
One in Five Gen Z Workers Attended a Job Interview With a Parent, Survey Finds
A Zety survey of 1,001 Gen Z workers found 20% attended an interview with a parent and 21% had a parent contact an emplo...
Why This Mother Says No to Sleepovers—and Why More Parents Are Listening
A personal account of one family’s blanket ban on sleepovers, driven by safety concerns and expert advice, as parental a...
AI Can Handle Parenting's Drudgery, But Not the Conversations That Matter
Sam Altman's idea for an AI-generated kids' podcast sparked a familiar backlash. A parenting columnist's case for using ...
Early Social Media Accounts Linked to Lower Test Scores, Italian Study Finds
Teens who joined social media by ages 11–12 scored measurably lower in Italian and Math in later years — a gap that pers...
The Extreme Commuter Who Learned Her Kids Didn't Remember Her Absence
A mother who flew cross-country every three weeks for a dream job spent years wracked with guilt—only to discover her ch...