In choosing not to have children, we have not abdicated obligations to friends and family.
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Viewpoint: Girls Should Play More Video Games
Playing video games can improve girls’ spatial skills — an important contributor to career success
Kate Middleton: Prepare for Judgment Day—and Mommy Bloggers
Is the Duchess of Cambridge prepared for the post-partum quarterbacking?
We “Leaned In” To Our Marriage—Equally
EBay CEO John Donahoe and his diplomat wife Eileen on how they have been equal partners in raising four kids.
We Love to Hate the ‘Bad’ Teacher
The new novel Tampa fuels our national anxiety about public education
Do Kids Really Have ‘Summer Learning Loss’?
Reading just four or five books can ward off setbacks in language skills
Let’s Not Forget, Many Working Moms Want To Work Less
Maybe it’s time to admit that a lot of mothers don’t mind the lost pay and status of part-time jobs
Bill Cosby’s ‘Tough Love’ Is Counterproductive
Bill Cosby is not alone in thinking black Americans need to do better, but his advice is not just tone-deaf, it’s useless as well
The Economic Reason for Having Just One Child
The world will tell you that money shouldn’t be a factor in deciding to have more children. But should we really have to justify wanting to preserve our resources?
What People Really Think About Working Moms
Beneath that Pew study we all heard about this week lies a telling critique: people disapprove of moms who work if their child care is bad
The Key to College Success: Summer
Incoming freshmen can flounder in the months before becoming a college student
Boy Scouts of America Has A Lot To Learn From the Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts explicitly reject discrimination, while the Boy Scouts encourage bigotry and intellectual passivity
What Graduation Speeches Should Say but Don’t
There is a strong chance you will wind up miserable with no sense of purpose if you don’t figure out one very important thing.