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  1. parenting
    Why I Won’t Let My Kids Watch YouTube VideosAfter seeing firsthand how much watching video after video changed my kids, we quit cold turkey. We all should.
    By Amil Niazi
  2. parenting
    No Crap for ChristmasI’ve learned the hard way that less is actually more when it comes to gifting for the kids.
    By Amil Niazi
  3. parenting
    Finding Hope in HopelessnessWhen I look down at my daughter’s hand reaching for mine, I know it’s what is propelling me forward. It has to.
    By Amil Niazi
  4. parenting
    Why Isn’t Halloween Scary Anymore?Being spooked by adults is one of my favorite childhood memories. But terrifying children for sport is not as socially acceptable as it once was.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  5. parenting
    How Dare You Blame Parents for Pandemic Kids Being ‘Behind’Now that 2020 babies are school-age but apparently not school-ready, parents are being scapegoated. Have you been paying any goddamned attention?
    By Amil Niazi
  6. parenting
    Boo Baskets Are Haunting ParentsIntroducing the latest rabidly consumerist way to show your kids — and your followers — how much you love them.
    By Sarah Wheeler
  7. parenting
    How an Exhausting, Stressful Summer Trip Helped My Shy Kid Come Out of His ShellTrust me: All that travel chaos is worth it.
    By Amil Niazi
  8. parenting
    Planet GrokMy son and I spent a week playing with an artificially intelligent stuffed rocket ship — and glimpsed the eerie and irritating future of play.
    By Katie Arnold-Ratliff
  9. nostalgia
    Diner table
    Why Did I Ever Give Up Family Chain Restaurants?The artichoke dip is good. The nostalgia — and permission for my kids to be messy — is even better.
    By Colleen McKeegan
  10. encounter
    What Does It Take to Get a Rich Kid Into Kindergarten?Sophie Brickman’s novel is about the absurdity of New York’s private-school-admissions process. Much of it seems pulled directly from her own life.
    By Katie Arnold-Ratliff
  11. advice
    ‘Will Ratting Out My Son’s Bully Make Things Worse?’There’s no guarantee it will stop, but at least you’ll know you’ve done everything in your power to try to help your kid.
    By Emily Gould
  12. parenting
    Summer Child Care Is a Special Kind of HellThoughts and prayers to any parents who didn’t make camp plans in February. Also the parents who did.
    By Amil Niazi
  13. parenting
    Passed Out on GummiesAll across America, kids are going to bed with a story, a kiss, and a potent dose of melatonin. Is there anything wrong with that?
    By Juno DeMelo
  14. parenting
    The Transgender Family Handbook144 specific suggestions for how to be a supportive parent to your trans kid, according to trans young people and their loved ones.
  15. parenting
    The High Stakes of the Group-Family VacationTo be fully seen, in all your dysfunction, and to stay friends afterward? Terrifying! And sublime.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  16. parenting
    Is It Really Safe to Fly With a Baby in Your Lap?Experts say all infants should use car seats — but that could mean fewer ticket sales for airlines.
    By Lindsay Gellman
  17. parenting
    I Don’t Want to Stop Sharing My Family on InstagramMaybe I’m deluding myself about the many dangers around posting children online. Maybe the joy and connection it brings are just worth the risk.
    By Amil Niazi
  18. parenting
    Why Do So Many Celebs Write Children’s Books?It’s not because they’re easy. Here are 15 of them, reviewed from worst to least bad.
    By Emily Gould
  19. advice
    ‘Should I Tell the Teacher That Boys Are Googling ‘Boobs’ in Class?’Since he told you this in confidence, you’ll need to weigh your options carefully.
    By Emily Gould
  20. parenting
    I Don’t Need Your Opinion on My Kid’s Screen TimeTalking about how you’ll parent someday is one thing. Surviving a kid’s tantrum so bad you question every choice you’ve ever made is another.
    By Amil Niazi
  21. parenting
    The Moms Who Smoke in SecretThey’ll do anything to hide it from their kids — except quit.
    By Emily Gould
  22. parenting
    When Kids Are Addicted to their Phones, Who Is to Blame?Parents can’t change their kids’ relationships to screens without also addressing their own.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  23. parenting
    When Your Kid Is the Classroom Problem ChildWhat would you do if your third-grader hit other kids, shoved his teachers, destroyed his classroom, and hid from everyone?
    By Anya Kamenetz
  24. parenting
    Is a Sick Kid Better Than an Absent Kid?Health policies have grown more lax in an attempt to improve school attendance. Parents and teachers are split on whether it’s working.
    By Melissa Dahl
  25. parenting
    The Parents Who Dread Their Kids’ BedtimeBeing home for the evening routine is a point of pride for many moms and dads. But some relish missing it.
    By Elizabeth Passarella
  26. parenting
    How I Went From One Kid to Two Without Losing My MindAnd answers to other questions — including how I’ve road-tripped with a newborn and a toddler without losing my mind — from “The Hard Part” readers.
    By Amil Niazi
  27. parenting
    Sick As a MomBouncing between months of illnesses and bedrest, I could no longer hide my body’s own limits from my kids. We all feel a lot better now.
    By Amil Niazi
  28. parenting
    I Know What You Did on the PlaygroundInside the chaos that often ensues after a parent posts about a “bad nanny” on Facebook.
    By Jen Wieczner
  29. parenting
    What You Actually ‘Need’ to Have a Kid, and What You Don’tThe decision to become a parent shouldn’t hinge on how much new stuff you can afford to buy.
    By Amil Niazi
  30. parenting
    The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive ParentSome moms and dads who strive to be “gentle parents” unknowingly turn into indulgent ones, largely because gentle parenting is just too hard.
    By Elizabeth Passarella
  31. parenting
    What Do Kids Lose When Preschools Are Segregated?Sociologist and race scholar Dr. Casey Stockstill discusses the ways both affluent children and poor children of color miss out.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  32. parenting
    Childhood Independence Is a Mental-Health IssueWhat if we are inadvertently contributing to a decadeslong crisis?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  33. parenting
    Talking to My Kids About the UnbearableWhen cruelty is inescapable, what are we supposed to tell our children?
    By Amil Niazi
  34. parenting
    How 8 New York Mothers Have Talked to Their Kids About the Israel-Hamas WarHow do you explain one of modern history’s most brutal conflicts to a third-grader?
    As told to Anya Kamenetz and Julia Edelstein
  35. parenting
    Why Are We Always on Call for Our Kids?My children very rarely have to wait for anyone for very long — is it time to establish stronger boundaries around my alone time?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  36. parenting
    How Are Parents of Teenagers Supposed to Ever Have Sex Again?When my kid stopped going to bed before we did, my husband and I had to reinvent our sex life.
    By Elizabeth Passarella
  37. weather
    A Rain-Soaked Nightmare for New York ParentsClimate change comes for school pickup.
    By Julia Edelstein
  38. parenting
    Why Do Kids Need Ambition?We’ve reckoned with how we view work — why hasn’t that same existential shift made its way to how we view achievement for our kids?
    By Amil Niazi
  39. parenting
    How Do I Talk to My Kids About Sex?All your awkward sex-education questions, answered.
    By Emily Gould
  40. the hard part
    There’s No Such Thing as a Vacation with Young KidsA relaxing getaway may no longer be in the cards — but giving in to the chaos can be just as exquisite.
    By Amil Niazi
  41. the hard part
    Leave That Screaming Kid AloneThe summer travel season has become complain-about-other-people’s-kids season. If not even children can take up space without reproach, who can?
    By Amil Niazi
  42. parenting
    Moms Gone WildMotherhood can obliterate you — or it can set you free.
    By Sarah Wheeler
  43. parenting
    Surviving the Death Talk With My KidFinding the words to explain the unspeakable.
    By Amil Niazi
  44. parenting
    Having the Period Talk for the First TimeFor my daughter — and for myself.
    By Katie C. Reilly
  45. the hard part
    Gentle Parenting Is Too GentleAnd brutal as hell for us parents.
    By Amil Niazi
  46. the hard part
    What We Never Say About ParentingIt’s good, actually.
    By Amil Niazi
  47. the hard part
    There Is No Break Coming for Parents — EverNew year, same shit.
    By Amil Niazi
  48. brooding
    How Am I Supposed to Teach My Kids to Be Generous?Especially when “paying it forward” is just a quid pro quo turned outward.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  49. brooding
    What If We Make Affordable Child Care About Wellness?Then we might finally see some change.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  50. the hard part
    Holiday Traditions Are Cheesy and Exhausting and Totally Worth ItYour future adult kids will thank you.
    By Amil Niazi
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