parenting

Americans have long tried to hold parents responsible for their children’s misdeeds—but it never really works.

What eight decades of "Goofus and Gallant" illustrate about society’s changing expectations of children.

The baby stroller is only the most visible symbol of the ethos of consumer capitalism that saturates American pregnancy and parenthood.

Parental rights stem from the same liberty that the Supreme Court just began rolling back.

The holiday’s lack of history allowed activists to give it meaning after America’s divorce laws changed.

The vaccination skepticism of today is rooted in postwar social movements, prompting a new generation of parents and children to question drugs and doctors.

Steven Spielberg’s early films conjure all of his moviemaking magic to repair a world of lost dads.

Patti Davis has spent a lifetime chronicling her life with parents Ronald and Nancy Reagan. In a new book, 'Dear Mom and Dad,' she reckons with them as people.

Exploring Deaf history, language and education as the hearing child of a Deaf adult.

In the late 1800s, advice writers targeting white, middle-class Americans began encouraging men to become more engaged in the emotional lives of their households.

The secret history of a psychoanalytic cult.

In 1950, the Sullivinian Institute was created to push the boundaries of psychoanalysis. By 1980, its therapists and patients had become a small paramilitary.

In the sixties and seventies, fighting for the rights of queer people was considered radical activism. To Jeanne Manford, it was just part of being a parent.

In the 1960s, Annette Gordon-Reed was the first Black child to enroll in a white school in her hometown. Now she reflects on having a new school there named for her.

How right-wing school panics seek to repeal modernity and progress.

A few weeks in the woods have taught kids to face new situations, make their way among strangers, solve their own problems—and live a more authentic life.

Find out how one woman asked to recognize the fathers in her town and inspired others.

Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is part of a long legacy of anti-gay rhetoric and legislation in the state.

The system's roots aren't in rescuing children, but in the policing of Black, Indigenous, and poor families.

The attacks on CRT have terrified our educators. But the public school system has always made it hard to teach controversial subjects.