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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

the bigger picture Rethinking the Traditional Maternity Photo Shoot A Mother’s Letter gets real about the highs and lows of pregnancy. By Devine Blacksher
theranos Is Elizabeth Holmes Pregnant Again? The Theranos founder is expected to be sentenced on fraud charges in November. By Olivia Truffaut-Wong

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Babies

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
health The Baby-Formula Shortage Could Ease by Late July 44,000 pounds of Nestlé baby formula will arrive this week. By Bindu Bansinath and Mia Mercado

Kids

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
brooding Are There Any Kids’ Books Out There That Are … Actually Good? Wizards and dragons need not apply. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

the hard part Finding Joy for My Kids in the Apocalypse Even when I want to scream into the abyss until my voice runs out. By Amil Niazi
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

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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

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
brooding Now Is the Time for Treats Leave your try-hard commitment to feeding your kids healthy food at home this vacation. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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Parenting Trends

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
parenting The Reports of a Pandemic Baby Bust Are True The birth rate is the lowest it’s been in 42 years. By Mia Mercado

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