These are people with messy lives; kids are just another smudge.

With a little bit of family planning, you can (slightly) increase the chances that you'll get to be an overbearing varsity parent.

Don't over-help!

It can be hard not to feel like a third wheel, sometimes.

Pictures communicate the things children can't. 

It's very counterproductive.

Three quarters of kids say they want to find more books they like.

They're at a significant disadvantage.

But it's often harder to detect.

Video from a new study shows how it will work.

It’s called You Have to Fucking Eat.

A sexy/strange finding.

Sometimes a playground should just be a playground.

It's like Boyhood. Kinda. 

Most Americans are cool with corporal punishment.

There are surprisingly few studies on it.

It may help babies learn actual language more quickly.  

What childhood art reveals about the child.

New government figures confirm: Kids are expensive.

We should probably be helping out new parents a bit more.