From Blaming God to Blaming Parents
Religion can explain a tragedy as God's will, or as karma coming around. But in a secular world, blame is often shifted to parents.
Religion can explain a tragedy as God's will, or as karma coming around. But in a secular world, blame is often shifted to parents.
America may be safer than ever, but residents of the Land of the Free seem set on raising their children in a climate of fear.
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Proposed federal legislation would move overstressed child protection systems in the wrong direction.
The coroner's declaration is a cruel twist of the knife.
Laws criminalizing the act of leaving children in cars are misguided.
Instead of teaching kids the importance of paying their debts, Wyoming Valley West school district offered a lesson about the arbitrary and terrifying power of government.
She likely wasn't in any danger, but that never stopped the busybodies before.
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
Gene-editing technology will eventually allow parents to alter their future offspring's intelligence, height, eye color, and more. And that's worth celebrating.
So a New Jersey appellate court held today.
A Pennsylvania mom faces reckless endangerment charges for assuming her children—ages 2, 5, and 7—could survive a very short wait.
Why mandated paid family leave is bad for business and bad for most women.
New research shows that income surveys erroneously categorized some households as extremely poor actually had "net worth in the millions" of dollars.
The toy company allegedly failed to test its miracle cure for cranky baby syndrome.
Every kid is special, but not every kid has special needs.
A mom reflects on her experience parenting in the age of fear.
Child services called because Holly Curry let her kids wait in the car while she bought a muffin.
Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.
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Like so many of the best socialist products, Marcus Pfister's The Rainbow Fish has been a runaway capitalist success
Nick Gillespie speaks with author Jordan Shapiro about his book The New Childhood
End the curriculum wars by letting families choose education options that work for them.
The most libertarian answer to the question of what it means to be a libertarian parent is that there is no answer.
An economist's guide to happier, more relaxed parenting
Adam Lowther, a Navy veteran and nuclear deterrence expert, lost his job and spent $300,000 fighting the allegations.
College campuses, take note.
In a podcast about her new book, Cribsheet, an economist answers your parenting questions about breastfeeding, swaddling, toddler discipline, and more.
Ashley Foster was jailed and inspected by child protective services for a mistake beyond her control.
A Southern officeholder gains little from pushing for a right to post-delivery abortion.
Are they hunting Easter eggs or landmines?
Video evidence contradicted Santana Adams' account.
Cops release edited video of the encounter.
"What about the parents' rights to decide what's best for their child?"
When all of childhood is considered college prep, desperate parents will do desperate things.