Citing costs, many hospitals are closing labor and delivery wards, expanding so-called maternity care deserts.
Category: Parenting
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How to Navigate Your Child’s First Crush
It’s not unusual for young children to become fascinated by romance, but sometimes these big feelings can take parents by surprise. Experts share tips on how to navigate a child’s first ‘love.’
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When Having a Baby and Losing Your Job Collide
At tech companies that spent recent years expanding paid parental leave, parents have felt the whiplash of mass layoffs in an especially visceral way.
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Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt’s Picture-Perfect Life
The author has long been surrounded by fame. Still, she keeps some things private.
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For Single Mothers, Quitting Can Bring Both Relief and Extra Challenges
Single moms who chose to quit their jobs have to navigate child care, health insurance and financial concerns largely on their own. But some have also found a sense of relief.
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Dads in Government Create the Congressional Dads Caucus
Male politicians who are parents of young children wearing their fatherhood on their sleeves and their babies on their chests.
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Dads in Government Create the Congressional Dads Caucus
Male politicians who are parents of young children wearing their fatherhood on their sleeves and their babies on their chests.
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How Parenting Today Is Different, and Harder
In many ways, it’s more demanding than before. But according to a new survey, parents feel pressure to be more emotionally hands-on.
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A New Way to Hand-Me-Down
To help reduce clothing waste, two mothers in San Antonio started a small business reselling used children’s clothes.
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Love Letter: ‘I Took My Baby and Ran’
After leaving an abusive relationship, a new mother finds community online.
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Asking Readers (Again) About Leaving Their Jobs
A series on quitting was a hit. But as some readers pointed out, it failed to address a few important concerns. Enter the follow-up series.
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100 Infants Have Died in a Fisher-Price Sleeper, the Safety Commission Says
The fatalities occurred over 13 years, including eight since the Rock ’n Play Sleeper was recalled in 2019, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.