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  1. encounter
    What Does It Take to Get a Rich Kid Into Kindergarten?Sophie Brickman’s novel is about the absurdity of New York’s private-school-admissions process. Much of it seems pulled directly from her own life.
    By Katie Arnold-Ratliff
  2. advice
    ‘Will Ratting Out My Son’s Bully Make Things Worse?’There’s no guarantee it will stop, but at least you’ll know you’ve done everything in your power to try to help your kid.
    By Emily Gould
  3. parenting
    Summer Child Care Is a Special Kind of HellThoughts and prayers to any parents who didn’t make camp plans in February. Also the parents who did.
    By Amil Niazi
  4. parenting
    Passed Out on GummiesAll across America, kids are going to bed with a story, a kiss, and a potent dose of melatonin. Is there anything wrong with that?
    By Juno DeMelo
  5. parenting
    The Transgender Family Handbook144 specific suggestions for how to be a supportive parent to your trans kid, according to trans young people and their loved ones.
  6. parenting
    The High Stakes of the Group-Family VacationTo be fully seen, in all your dysfunction, and to stay friends afterward? Terrifying! And sublime.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  7. 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
  8. parenting
    I Don’t Want to Stop Sharing My Family on InstagramMaybe 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. parenting
    I Don’t Need Your Opinion on My Kid’s Screen TimeTalking 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
  12. parenting
    The Moms Who Smoke in SecretThey’ll do anything to hide it from their kids — except quit.
    By Emily Gould
  13. 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
  14. parenting
    When Your Kid Is the Classroom Problem ChildWhat would you do if your third-grader hit other kids, shoved his teachers, destroyed his classroom, and hid from everyone?
    By Anya Kamenetz
  15. 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
  16. parenting
    The Parents Who Dread Their Kids’ BedtimeBeing home for the evening routine is a point of pride for many moms and dads. But some relish missing it.
    By Elizabeth Passarella
  17. parenting
    How I Went From One Kid to Two Without Losing My MindAnd answers to other questions — including how I’ve road-tripped with a newborn and a toddler without losing my mind — from “The Hard Part” readers.
    By Amil Niazi
  18. parenting
    Sick As a MomBouncing between months of illnesses and bedrest, I could no longer hide my body’s own limits from my kids. We all feel a lot better now.
    By Amil Niazi
  19. parenting
    I Know What You Did on the PlaygroundInside the chaos that often ensues after a parent posts about a “bad nanny” on Facebook.
    By Jen Wieczner
  20. parenting
    What You Actually ‘Need’ to Have a Kid, and What You Don’tThe decision to become a parent shouldn’t hinge on how much new stuff you can afford to buy.
    By Amil Niazi
  21. parenting
    The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive ParentSome 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
  22. parenting
    What Do Kids Lose When Preschools Are Segregated?Sociologist and race scholar Dr. Casey Stockstill discusses the ways both affluent children and poor children of color miss out.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  23. parenting
    Childhood Independence Is a Mental-Health IssueWhat if we are inadvertently contributing to a decadeslong crisis?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  24. parenting
    Talking to My Kids About the UnbearableWhen cruelty is inescapable, what are we supposed to tell our children?
    By Amil Niazi
  25. parenting
    How 8 New York Mothers Have Talked to Their Kids About the Israel-Hamas WarHow do you explain one of modern history’s most brutal conflicts to a third-grader?
    As told to Anya Kamenetz and Julia Edelstein
  26. parenting
    Why Are We Always on Call for Our Kids?My children very rarely have to wait for anyone for very long — is it time to establish stronger boundaries around my alone time?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  27. parenting
    How Are Parents of Teenagers Supposed to Ever Have Sex Again?When my kid stopped going to bed before we did, my husband and I had to reinvent our sex life.
    By Elizabeth Passarella
  28. weather
    A Rain-Soaked Nightmare for New York ParentsClimate change comes for school pickup.
    By Julia Edelstein
  29. parenting
    Why Do Kids Need Ambition?We’ve reckoned with how we view work — why hasn’t that same existential shift made its way to how we view achievement for our kids?
    By Amil Niazi
  30. parenting
    How Do I Talk to My Kids About Sex?All your awkward sex-education questions, answered.
    By Emily Gould
  31. the hard part
    There’s No Such Thing as a Vacation with Young KidsA relaxing getaway may no longer be in the cards — but giving in to the chaos can be just as exquisite.
    By Amil Niazi
  32. the hard part
    Leave That Screaming Kid AloneThe summer travel season has become complain-about-other-people’s-kids season. If not even children can take up space without reproach, who can?
    By Amil Niazi
  33. parenting
    Moms Gone WildMotherhood can obliterate you — or it can set you free.
    By Sarah Wheeler
  34. parenting
    Surviving the Death Talk With My KidFinding the words to explain the unspeakable.
    By Amil Niazi
  35. parenting
    Having the Period Talk for the First TimeFor my daughter — and for myself.
    By Katie C. Reilly
  36. the hard part
    Gentle Parenting Is Too GentleAnd brutal as hell for us parents.
    By Amil Niazi
  37. the hard part
    What We Never Say About ParentingIt’s good, actually.
    By Amil Niazi
  38. the hard part
    There Is No Break Coming for Parents — EverNew year, same shit.
    By Amil Niazi
  39. 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
  40. brooding
    What If We Make Affordable Child Care About Wellness?Then we might finally see some change.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  41. the hard part
    Holiday Traditions Are Cheesy and Exhausting and Totally Worth ItYour future adult kids will thank you.
    By Amil Niazi
  42. strength
    Country Singer’s Kids Are Naturally Ripped, You FreaksJessie James Decker did not Photoshop abs onto her young children, okay?
    By Claire Lampen
  43. brooding
    Are There Any Kids’ Books Out There That Are … Actually Good?Wizards and dragons need not apply.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  44. the hard part
    Finding Joy for My Kids in the ApocalypseEven when I want to scream into the abyss until my voice runs out.
    By Amil Niazi
  45. 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
  46. brooding
    Why Does Giving My Son His First Phone Feel Like a Trap?My phone has amplified my worst qualities and dulled my best ones. I got the SIM card anyway.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  47. parenting
    The Dread of Watching Your Kid Start SchoolAs my son heads into kindergarten, I’m plagued by my own painful memories.
    By Amil Niazi
  48. back to school
    A Missouri School District Has Reinstated SpankingThough the U.N. considers corporal punishment a human-rights violation, it remains legal in 19 states.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  49. parenting
    The Unbearable Heaviness of Being an ‘Old Mom’At 39, every physical ache, every existential spiral, every scroll past young momfluencer content makes me obsess over the time left.
    By Amil Niazi
  50. brooding
    Sleepover Kits Are About Making Content, Not Playing PretendKids don’t need to glamp.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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