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The High Stakes of the Group-Family Vacation

To be fully seen, in all your dysfunction, and to stay friends afterward? Terrifying! And sublime. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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Fertility

parenting Why Would Anyone Look for a Sperm Donor on Facebook? Meet the women logging on for fresh semen and the men who get their kicks offering their seed. By Anya Kamenetz
celebrity Selling Sunset’s Mary Fitzgerald Is Having Uterine Surgery The reality star says she made plans for the procedure after suffering a septic miscarriage. By Emily Leibert

fertility What If You Hadn’t Frozen Your Eggs? For many patients, egg freezing provides the comfort of possibility. But for some, the procedure can be so uncomfortable it no longer feels worth it. By Rae Nudson
health ‘All That Money Can Only Give You a Chance, Not a Guarantee’ Three women who traveled abroad to undergo fertility treatments share what they spent and how it went. By Charlotte Lytton

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Pregnancy

celebrity Kourtney Kardashian Went Through 5 Rounds of IVF She said she got pregnant with Rocky a year after she stopped IVF. By Tariro Mzezewa
celebrity Charli XCX Weighs the Pros and Cons of Motherhood “Am I less of a woman if I don’t have a kid? Will I feel like I’ve missed out on my purpose in life?” the pop star wondered. By Emily Leibert

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Babies

how i got this baby The Dads Who Adopted a Nonverbal 7-Year-Old With Autism “It was quite a frightening undertaking, to be honest. I remember thinking, Can we really handle this?” By Yolanda Wikiel
how i got this baby The Mom Whose Water Broke at 26 Weeks in a Foreign Country “They put me in an ambulance and transferred me to this huge yellow building that looked like a crumbling cathedral.” By Kristen Mascia

celebrity baby TikTok’s Baby-Naming Experts Have Suggestions for Justin and Hailey Bieber Will it be Win Bieber? Prince Bieber? Zurich Rhode Bieber? We asked the internet’s leading baby-naming consultants to place their bets. By Tanya Chen
celebrity babies Hilary Duff Had Her Fourth Baby The actress announced the birth of her daughter Townes on Instagram. By Olivia Craighead

Kids

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
parenting I Don’t Want to Stop Sharing My Family on Instagram Maybe 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

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
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

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Teens

parenting The Last Kid in Ninth Grade Without an iPhone They’re not in the group chat. But they’re not social pariahs either. By Liz Krieger
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

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
power Police Give Update on Oklahoma Nonbinary Student’s Death They say a preliminary report shows 16-year-old Nex Benedict “did not die as a result of trauma” from an alleged assault at school. By Emily Leibert

Parenting Advice

celebrity Paris Hilton Has One Word for Critics of Her Parenting And for once, it’s not sliving. By Emily Leibert
parenting Emily Oster Softens Up In her new book, The Unexpected, the economist turned parenting expert examines life-threatening pregnancy complications that defy optimization. By Miranda Rake

parenting Talking to My Kids About the Unbearable When cruelty is inescapable, what are we supposed to tell our children? By Amil Niazi
profile Park Slope Parents Is Old Enough to Order a Drink Susan Fox wanted to build a community. She never expected to birth an archetype. By Emily Gould

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Parenting Trends

parenting I Don’t Need Your Opinion on My Kid’s Screen Time Talking 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
parenting The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent Some 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

parenting Are We All Secretly Co-sleeping? The answer, according to Instagram and TikTok, is yes. Now if only we could talk about it outside of the comments section. By Wendy Syfret
the hard part Are You a Silky Mom, a Crunchy Mom, or a Scrunchie Mom? Parenting, according to TikTok. By Amil Niazi

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