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Fertility

parenting Why Would Anyone Look for a Sperm Donor on Facebook? Meet the women logging on for fresh semen and the men who get their kicks offering their seed. By Anya Kamenetz
celebrity Selling Sunset’s Mary Fitzgerald Is Having Uterine Surgery The reality star says she made plans for the procedure after suffering a septic miscarriage. By Emily Leibert

fertility What If You Hadn’t Frozen Your Eggs? For many patients, egg freezing provides the comfort of possibility. But for some, the procedure can be so uncomfortable it no longer feels worth it. By Rae Nudson
health ‘All That Money Can Only Give You a Chance, Not a Guarantee’ Three women who traveled abroad to undergo fertility treatments share what they spent and how it went. By Charlotte Lytton

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Pregnancy

celebrity Charli XCX Weighs the Pros and Cons of Motherhood “Am I less of a woman if I don’t have a kid? Will I feel like I’ve missed out on my purpose in life?” the pop star wondered. By Emily Leibert
celebrity Can You Guess Hailey Bieber’s Pregnancy Craving? No, you definitely can’t. By Olivia Craighead

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Babies

celebrity baby TikTok’s Baby-Naming Experts Have Suggestions for Justin and Hailey Bieber Will it be Win Bieber? Prince Bieber? Zurich Rhode Bieber? We asked the internet’s leading baby-naming consultants to place their bets. By Tanya Chen
celebrity babies Hilary Duff Had Her Fourth Baby The actress announced the birth of her daughter Townes on Instagram. By Olivia Craighead

how i got this baby The Mom Who Got Ovarian Cancer After Having Her Ovaries Removed “We’ve fought so hard; we created our child, you know? What if I die and I leave her without a mom? What does that look like?” By Kristen Mascia
how i got this baby The Mom Racing to Diagnose Her Child’s Life-Threatening Food Allergies I was panicking, thinking, Is my next call to my husband going to be me telling him our baby died? By Kristen Mascia

Kids

advice ‘Should I Tell the Teacher That Boys Are Googling ‘Boobs’ in Class?’ Since he told you this in confidence, you’ll need to weigh your options carefully. By Emily Gould
parenting I Don’t Need Your Opinion on My Kid’s Screen Time Talking about how you’ll parent someday is one thing. Surviving a kid’s tantrum so bad you question every choice you’ve ever made is another. By Amil Niazi

parenting The Moms Who Smoke in Secret They’ll do anything to hide it from their kids — except quit. By Emily Gould
parenting When Kids Are Addicted to their Phones, Who Is to Blame? Parents can’t change their kids’ relationships to screens without also addressing their own. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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Teens

parenting Is a Sick Kid Better Than an Absent Kid? Health policies have grown more lax in an attempt to improve school attendance. Parents and teachers are split on whether it’s working. By Melissa Dahl
power Police Give Update on Oklahoma Nonbinary Student’s Death They say a preliminary report shows 16-year-old Nex Benedict “did not die as a result of trauma” from an alleged assault at school. By Emily Leibert

parenting Can Parents Prevent Their Sons From Sliding to the Right? It might feel dangerous to let a teen explore reactionary and unformed pseudo-ideologies. But no one should get canceled at the dinner table. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
culture The 40-Ounce Bully In middle schools across the country, owning a candy-colored Stanley cup (or, ideally, several) can make or break your social standing. By Julia Reinstein

Parenting Advice

parenting Talking to My Kids About the Unbearable When cruelty is inescapable, what are we supposed to tell our children? By Amil Niazi
parenting The Transgender Family Handbook 144 specific suggestions, from trans young people and their loved ones, that parents may find helpful.

profile Park Slope Parents Is Old Enough to Order a Drink Susan Fox wanted to build a community. She never expected to birth an archetype. By Emily Gould
advice What to Do (and Not to Do) When Your Friend Has a Newborn Forget sending a onesie. By Charlotte Cowles

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Parenting Trends

parenting The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent Some moms and dads who strive to be “gentle parents” unknowingly turn into indulgent ones, largely because gentle parenting is just too hard. By Elizabeth Passarella
parenting Are We All Secretly Co-sleeping? The answer, according to Instagram and TikTok, is yes. Now if only we could talk about it outside of the comments section. By Wendy Syfret

the hard part Are You a Silky Mom, a Crunchy Mom, or a Scrunchie Mom? Parenting, according to TikTok. By Amil Niazi
brooding Are Helicopter Parents Actually Lazy? Maybe they’re soothing their anxiety, maybe they’re just choosing the path of least resistance. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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