Abigail Shrier: Stop Obsessing Over Our Children's Happiness
The author of Bad Therapy argues that we have created a generation of "emotional hypochondriacs."
The author of Bad Therapy argues that we have created a generation of "emotional hypochondriacs."
The local prosecuting attorney in Sunflower, Mississippi, is seeking to take away Nakala Murry's three children.
"You just can't raise kids like that anymore—it isn't safe," the cops told the Widner family.
Giving the state control over insurance rates turned pricing into a Byzantine regulatory process.
Thanks to "squatters' rights" laws, evicting a squatter can be so expensive and cumbersome that some people simply walk away from their homes.
Despite the popular narrative, Millennials have dramatically more wealth than Gen Xers had at the same age, and incomes continue to grow with each new generation.
The policy is a true budget buster and is ineffective in the long term.
A recent Pew survey says parents are "very involved in their young adult children's lives," but one might quibble with the definition of "very involved."
Stricter regulation of homeschooling families will just lead to harassment from government.
Kids have disappeared from public schools, with most opting for a range of alternatives.
That's bad news for Americans.
Tim Carney discusses America's "baby bust" on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Big government has been ruinous for millions of people. Charities aren't perfect, but they are much more efficient and effective.
"Republicans believe in less government, not more," he said.
An excursion into Facebook groups for empty nesters shows many of them could use a hobby, a job, or even a straitjacket.
Sophia Coppola's superb drama tackles an age-gap romance with nuance.
Over the last several years, they have worked nonstop to ease the tax burden of their high-income constituents.
Let's celebrate her return without exaggerating the relevant dangers; stranger abductions are rare.
"These policies are motivated by good intentions. But that doesn't mean that the consequences of these policies will turn out well."
When you use incorrect stats to bolster your claims, as Reuters did, all kinds of foolish conclusions follow.
The city wanted to bring in more money, in part for early childhood education. But such taxes are disproportionately paid by the poor.
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
While intended to keep Native families together, the ICWA subjects American Indian children to a lower level of protection than is enjoyed by non-Native kids.
The thinker's views of human sympathy, beneficence, justice, and the division of labor still resonate.
California recently enacted legislation that invalidates single-family zoning, as an effort to increase housing supply. Other alternatives would be wiser.
But there were still 47,573 more births last year than there were in 2020.
Plus: A listener asks if the Roundtable has given the arguments of those opposed to low-skilled immigration a fair hearing.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about the limits of population control with Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Scott Winship.
A new report finds that "most children benefit from some degree of independence by the time they are 5–6 years old."
Why the businessman launched a long shot campaign for the presidency.
The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.
Falling birthrates, pro-natalist policies, and the limits of population control
He was hospitalized multiple times for diabetes while in state custody.
"These things are just so inexcusable," a judge said. "It's hard to understand."
Restrictions on baby carriers during takeoff and landing are based on a single study from 1994 that didn’t even study these types of devices.
It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
"Then my baby started crying so I reached for my son, and as I'm reaching, a man held me and told me, 'Don't touch him. He's getting taken away from you,'" said the children's mother.
Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation reported that a permanent expansion would cost more than $1.4 trillion over a decade.
Politicians' go-to fixes like child tax credits and federal paid leave are known for creating disincentives to work without much impact on fertility.
A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an "invasive" urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
While same-sex marriage was already protected under federal law, that protection was afforded by the Supreme Court, not Congress.
"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
An op-ed in The New York Times tries to make the case that the Chinese Communist Party is a worthy partner in raising children.