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There Is No Break Coming for Parents — Ever

New year, same shit. By Amil Niazi

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Fertility

celebrity Jennifer Aniston Says She Spent Years Trying to Get Pregnant The actor revealed she went through IVF as the tabloids constantly speculated about her desire to have kids. By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
celebrity Nick Cannon’s Sperm Cannot Be Stopped He is expecting his ninth baby — this time with Brittany Bell. By Danielle Cohen

feature Would You Work in an Amazon Warehouse Just to Get Pregnant? Women are pulling graveyard shifts in backbreaking jobs to pay for IVF. By Angelina Chapin
celebrity Nick Cannon’s Newest Offspring Has Arrived He and Bre Tiesi welcomed a new baby, Legendary, in June. By Danielle Cohen

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Pregnancy

congrats! Naomi Osaka Is Pregnant The tennis player shared a sonogram picture to Instagram. By Bindu Bansinath
ask a beauty editor ‘What’s the Best Regimen for Post-Pregnancy Dark Spots?’ Consistency is key. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you even out your skin tone. By Jennifer G. Sullivan

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Babies

q&a Lampooning Every Parent’s Nightmare Nobody wants to drop a baby, but Anna Konkle found a way to make you laugh about it. By Emily Maskell
mom-ologues Keke Palmer Turned Her SNL Monologue Into a Pregnancy Reveal Baby, this is Keke Palmer’s baby bump. By Jennifer Zhan

parenting How TikTok Has Supercharged the Age-Old Debate Over Sleep Training The never-ending discourse over how to put your baby to sleep enters the digital age. By Laura Hazard Owen
babies Did Elon Musk Secretly Have Twins With One of His Executives? According to a report from Insider, he and Shivon Zilis recently filed to have their twins’ names changed. By Danielle Cohen

Kids

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
brooding What If We Make Affordable Child Care About Wellness? Then we might finally see some change. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

the hard part Holiday Traditions Are Cheesy and Exhausting and Totally Worth It Your future adult kids will thank you. By Amil Niazi
strength Country Singer’s Kids Are Naturally Ripped, You Freaks Jessie James Decker did not Photoshop abs onto her young children, okay? By Claire Lampen

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Teens

wait what is happening on tiktok? The Kids Are Stealing Cars on TikTok Now Meet the “Kia Boyz.” By Emma Turetsky
first person Breaking the Faith As a teen, I gave everything to Christ. As an adult, I’m finally getting it all back. By Yumi Nu

power Canceled at 17 When kids make mistakes and classmates never forgive. By Elizabeth Weil
euphoria Can You Imagine Hiding in a Bathtub for That Long? The most anxiety-inducing scene of Euphoria’s season-two premiere isn’t even the drug deal. By Brooke LaMantia

Parenting Advice

how i get it done How New York Times Parenting Columnist Jessica Grose Gets It Done “Raising the next generation is and should be a concern to everyone.” By Alex Hazlett
my two cents ‘Do I Need to Pay for My New Stepkids’ Stuff?’ They shouldn’t feel like an obligation. Here’s how to be supportive in a way that feels fair. By Charlotte Cowles

my two cents ‘I’m a New Parent and Our Finances Are a Mess’ You need a loose, forgiving plan that helps you feel more in control. By Charlotte Cowles
how i get it done Even the Parenting Whisperer Has Help “I would love to disabuse anyone of the notion that anyone is some ‘super parent’ who ‘does it all,’” says Dr. Becky Kennedy. By Claire Lampen

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Parenting Trends

brooding Would Unschooling Actually Make My Kids Any Happier? To help kids take more pleasure in school, encourage them to do their own thing — not schoolwork. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
brooding Why Do Moms Love Fall So Much? After months of ad hoc caregiving and catastrophic weather, the season and all its decorative trappings offer moms a less chaotic reality. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

parenting I Refuse to ‘Punish’ My Son Anymore The parenting method that changed our relationship — and his behavior. By Rebecca Bodenheimer
parenthood The Frenetic, Fraught Appeal of Instagram’s Parenting Whisperer Dr. Becky has saved me from melting down over meltdowns. By Liz Krieger

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