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Childhood

  1. parenting
    Why Are Parents Fixated on Core Memories?It’s supremely hubristic to assume that you can stage-manage the content of your children’s memories.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  2. culture
    I Love My Silly Little Fairy ShowAn ode to Fate: The Winx Saga, the best live-action remake out there.
    By Katja Vujić
  3. bffs
    Can a Childhood Friendship Really Last a Lifetime?In Best of Friends, novelist Kamila Shamsie attempts to find out.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  4. brooding
    Sleepover Kits Are About Making Content, Not Playing PretendKids don’t need to glamp.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  5. ¡hola papi!
    ‘How Do I Stop Feeling Angry at My Parents?’I’m not going to ask you to forgive anybody, but I do think some grace would serve you well.
    By J.P. Brammer
  6. childhood
    The Only Caterpillar I KnewGenerations have fallen in love with Eric Carle’s Hungry Caterpillar and his voracious appetite.
    By Matthew Schneier
  7. the cut podcast
    Your Friendly Black SidekickTypecasting young Black girls as the supportive best friend, on this week’s episode of The Cut.
    By the Cut
  8. childhood
    Plumbing the Depths of Kim Kardashian West’s PsycheWho needs psychoanalysis when you can painstakingly re-create every last detail of your childhood home on the occasion of your mom’s birthday?
    By Hannah Gold
  9. ohmygoddddd!
    24-Year-Old Saoirse Ronan Listening to 10-Year-Old Saoirse Ronan Is So PureBetter than the 10 Year Challenge.
    By Hunter Harris
  10. science of us
    I’m Only Slightly Embarrassed That I Still Sleep With a BlankieLike a stress ball or doodle pen, my blankie allows me to tangibly work through the knot of anxieties in my head.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  11. childhood
    Jonah Hill’s DJ Name Sounds Like It’s From The Incredibles, Says Charlamagne“I didn’t have a rap name, I didn’t have an MC name, but I made a lot of beats.”
    By Hunter Harris
  12. science of us
    8 Women on Their Earliest (and Possibly Made Up) MemoriesNearly half of people say the first thing they remember happened at an age that’s impossible for adults to recall.
    By Cari Romm
  13. offspring
    Why Did We Ever Leave Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?A new documentary offers a chance to reconsider Rogers’s mission and examine why his message is still so hard for adults to hear.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  14. Lori Beth Denberg: An Appreciation When I was 8 years old I had very concrete goals: I was going to move to Orlando, join the cast of All That, and marry Josh Server. I was […]
    By Bethy Squires
  15. motherhood
    My Daughter’s Suburban Childhood Looks Nothing Like My Urban OneWe are so different already, my daughter and I.
    By Megan Margulies
  16. kids these days
    This 4-Year-Old Has Read More Books Than YouDailyah Marie Arana has read more than 1,000 books.
    By Lisa Ryan
  17. motherhood
    I Wish I’d Pierced My Daughter’s Ears When She Was a BabyBut now it’s too late.
    By Laura June
  18. Why Italians, Maori, and Children of Divorce Have the Least Childhood AmnesiaIt’s about growing up in a narrative-rich home.
    By Drake Baer
  19. How Imaginary Friends Help Kids Grow UpThe emotional and cognitive benefits of make-believe pals.
    By Cari Romm
  20. bullying
    Why Bullying Is a Serious Public-Health ProblemAnd why no one quite knows how to fix it.
    By Laura June
  21. from the archives
    From the Archives: Author E. L. Doctorow on His Childhood in New York“A world that was sunny, warm, and clean.”
    By E. L. Doctorow
  22. Why Do Kids Stick Out Their Tongues When They’re Concentrating?Science investigates.
    By Melissa Dahl
  23. child psychology
    Half of American Kids Have Traumatic ChildhoodsBut resilient kids are able to withstand the most negative outcomes. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  24. Are Smart Kids Better at Drawing?What childhood art reveals about the child.
    By Melissa Dahl
  25. parenting
    Putting a Price Tag on an American Childhood: $245,340New government figures confirm: Kids are expensive.
    By Science of Us
  26. The Perils of Being a Cool KidCool study reveals that cool kids grow less cool as time takes its uncool toll.
    By Jesse Singal
  27. Stop Sorta-Lying to Your Kids: They’re Onto YouChildren can sniff out your half-truths.
    By Jesse Singal
  28. quotable
    Jason Wu Had 150 Dolls, Hoarded Barbies“I used them for hairstyling.”
    By Maureen O'Connor
  29. true stories
    I Was a Child Pageant Star: Six Adult Women Look BackWhat really happens when Honey Boo Boo grows up.
    By Laura Goode
  30. first person
    The Childhood Molestation I Don’t RememberIf I’d never found out, would I still be traumatized?
    By Anonymous
  31. lies we’ve told
    On Throwing Away the Lunches My Mother PackedThe lie I told my mother, the food tyrant, every day for years.
    By Jillian Goodman
  32. Checking In…with the Voice Cast of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown“A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality.” If you don’t like It’s the Great Pumpkin, […]
    By Joshua Kurp
  33. Menu Development
    Your Guide to Grant Achatz’s Next ‘Next’ MenusAchatz hopes you’ll connect with your younger self.
    By Nick Kindelsperger
  34. Checking In…with the Muppet Show MuppeteersWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the talent behind all your favorite Muppets, and some you’ve […]
    By Joshua Kurp
  35. Your Favorite Childhood Movie Is Not Very GoodBefore I begin, let me put a disclaimer here: I love the 90’s. In my fantasies, I would have been able to scrap up some level of fame prior to […]
    By Karen Belz
  36. I Survived Junior High Because of The SimpsonsBack when I was a skinny, orthodontically fortified knot of sprouting-limbs in the junior-high hallways of the Newburgh City School District, […]
    By Patrick Cassels