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Last month, the Surgeon General, Dr Vivek Murthy, issued a warning about the mental health and wellbeing of parents. In…
While waiting for a parent-teacher conference for my then-second-grader, I caught sight of his “About Me” poster hanging on the…
I recently spoke with Barry Hewlett, an anthropologist who studies parenting in hunter-gatherer societies in Central Africa. He explained to…
The Surgeon General has issued a new public health warning. And this time the danger is not tobacco or alcohol,…
Once again, I found myself curled up on the kitchen floor, head between my knees, sobbing. My shoulders shook and…
Sociologist Hannah Gavron says: “Parenthood and caring for children are now highly self-conscious matters that require high standards to be…
Those who know me know that I am a loving parent. I love making my children’s breakfast every day, packing…
One of the best decisions I ever made as a parent was to ignore the parenting advice of the “experts.”…
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care…