About 250 babies are born every minute worldwide. Many of these newborns go home with first-time parents, such as the more than 75,000 women in the Netherlands who became mothers for the first time in ...

There are endless parenting books, mommy blogs, and advice columns out there to help expectant parents prepare. However, much of the advice is far more convoluted than necessary. You shouldn't make ...

Mountain climbers prepare for the strains of challenging mountains. Wise parenting also takes preparation. I examine the parallels, from practice and focus to respect and support. 1. Practice. No ...

The crushing cost of raising children troubles not only parents, it suddenly preoccupies political leaders as well. New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, seeks $6 billion to ensure free child care, ...