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

From evolution to anti-racism, parents and progressives have clashed for a century over who gets to tell our origin stories.

John Gunther’s “Death Be Not Proud” defied a nation’s reluctance to describe personal loss.

The female image is ubiquitous on social media, yet when it comes to pictures of parents with their children many moms feel disappeared.

Understanding the meaning of the word "slut" in the Founders' vocabulary.

Benjamin Franklin's writing about losing his son to smallpox is a must-read for parents weighing COVID-19 vaccines today.

While our perceptions of grandparents have remained static, we've asked them to do a lot more.

The rise and fall of the iconic sandwich has paralleled changes in Americans' economic conditions.

Today’s special education system was shaped five decades ago, when parents fought for disabled children’s right to learn.

Though the cruelties of the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy were unique, they were part of an American tradition of taking children from parents.

The roots of “protecting children” in U.S. political rhetoric lie in efforts to defend white supremacy.

On Kyle Riismandel’s “Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975–2001.”

In the 1970s, social workers in several states placed queer teenagers with queer foster parents, in discrete acts of quiet radicalism.

We’re still dealing with the repercussions of a discredited 1998 study that sowed fear and skepticism about vaccines.

“The child is made to study far, far beyond his physical strength.”

Margret and Hans A. Rey, the reluctant parents of a cartoon ape-child, always yearned to leave children’s literature behind.

Almost 60 years later, a mother regrets her decision to send her 6-year-old into a hate-filled environment.

It’s time to adopt paid parental leave as a right.

Long before parents freaked over the ubiquitous video game, they flipped out over another newfangled fad.

When the government executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the welfare of their two boys was a secondary concern.