The more students fall behind in the pandemic, the less likely they are to feel that they can catch up.
Hong Kong schools reported a surge in colds when students resumed in-person learning. Here’s what it means for kids in the U.S., and what parents can do to prepare.
The Times would love to hear from you about your experience parenting as a teenager during the pandemic.
Experts say some symptoms, especially in women, are mistaken for other conditions such as mood disorders or depression.
Parents still turn to old recipes and customs for postpartum recovery.
The crowdsourced guide collects anonymous gripes and pins every grievance on an interactive map, creating a record of the irritating sounds and sights of Japan.
Pandemic stress and multitasking can affect memory in a real way.
Pandemic life has made us feel more insecure about the aspects of our parenting we were already most insecure about.
During the pandemic, suicidal thinking is up. And families find that hospitals can’t handle adolescents in crisis.
During the pandemic, suicidal thinking is up. And families find that hospitals can’t handle adolescents in crisis.
An expert's guide to sleep training
With new puppies and kids at home, doctors are worried about treating more children for dog bites.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what should determine eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccine and more.
Unaware their conversation was public, district trustees in Oakley, Calif., suggested that parents eager for schools to reopen merely wanted “their babysitters back.”
Heidi Cruz learned the hard way that text chains can be leaked.
Take these steps when critical services are affected by freezing temperatures.
There is dignity in work, but we should support more than just work done for wages.
One policy goal of a child allowance is to reverse declines in fertility, but some experts say improving families’ well-being is more important.
A health journalist is getting a front-row seat to one of the most-anticipated pediatric trials in history.
Readers express gratitude for reporting on the difficulties of parenting and working, more profound in the lockdown.
New York State will now allow gestational surrogates to carry babies for other parents. Here’s why they do it.
Una hija se apresura a conservar los recuerdos de su padre antes de que la enfermedad de Alzheimer se los arrebate.
Elementary schools have been open for months. As the city prepares to reopen middle schools, problems remain, but there is also cause for optimism.
Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines on children 12 and older and hope to have results by the summer.
Although my parents’ English is serviceable, it is only in Mandarin that they’re at ease, that they can inhabit their own skins.
What would you do if you had an evil kid? In “The Push,” readers see one (fictional) answer to this question.
Guiding children toward mastery of new skills can help them thrive — and get some household chores done at the same time.
Showering and eating regularly can be a form of self-care.
I thought I would have until our first grader went off to college before I would feel such anxiety.
Or is she just living in a pandemic?
“A barn? A keyboard? A phone? What are you?”
The Maria Montessori Academy, a charter school in North Ogden, allowed parents to opt their students out. But after an outcry and discussions with the parents, it changed course.
Improv comedy can help us be more patient and attentive with our kids, and help them be more resilient and open with us.
In a special report, Times journalists ventured into the homes of three working parents as they navigated the daily grind of the pandemic. They also gave mothers an outlet to vent.
Even when rates of suicidal ideation increase, there are ways to keep kids safe.
The pandemic has sent many people back to their parents’ homes, giving both generations new insight and a chance at a different kind of relationship.
My mother, a freewheeling feminist, gave me freedom, while her mother gave me a nest of safety. Both shaped how I’m raising my own daughter.
A daughter races to collect her father’s memories before Alzheimer’s can steal them away.
Is anyone listening to them?
We asked experts how to cut through the red tape and understand the legal jargon. Here’s how to protect yourself.
How some employers and governments are supporting working parents.
A series that examines the pandemic’s effect on working mothers in America.
This isn’t just about burnout, it’s about betrayal.
How President Biden’s proposed stimulus package might affect women and families.
Testing found high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium in some ingredients, congressional investigators said.
Un hombre, cientos de niños y una pregunta candente: ¿Por qué?
Doctors recommend them before, during and even after a pregnancy. But regulation is spotty and finding the right pill can be hard.
Is it any wonder that plenty of people are tempted to borrow a whole lot of money to send their kids to college?
While you freeze in cold weather, they have a secret weapon.
Working from home has made breastfeeding easier. Let’s hope the flexibility lasts even after the pandemic ends.
Of all the bodies in my household, it slipped into the smallest one.
Aunts straddle a line between authority figure and anarchist: As our elders, they inspire deference, but they’re partners in transgression too.
My chronic illness made it hard to volunteer at my kids’ school. Now I can serve on the executive board of the P.T.A. without leaving my bed.
In “The Three Mothers,” Anna Malaika Tubbs considers the seismic impact of the women who raised Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin.
One man, hundreds of children and a burning question: Why?
Tammy and Jordan Myers will have to adopt their twins after two Michigan judges denied them parental rights because the children had been carried by a surrogate.
A new study suggests that protective antibodies can be transferred through the placenta, and the baby may receive more of them if a mother is infected with Covid earlier in her pregnancy.
As an older parent of young children, I feel that I am holding a big secret — my own mortality.
Use these mediation techniques to build empathy and help them settle disputes themselves.
Hoping to celebrate the holidays with your kids without going overboard? Here are some tips.
Independent play is a skill your kids will use for the rest of their lives — and a way to claim some time for yourself this winter.
The beloved children’s book author on creativity, control and why even a good childhood is hard.
Each week, the editors of The New York Times’s Parenting section ask readers to share little victories that have made the long days of pandemic child-rearing a bit easier.
Mayor Bill de Blasio canceled the start of in-person classes for the country’s largest school system just three days before they were set to begin, sowing even more confusing among parents and educators.
‘The most wonderful thing is that you’re home with your kids all the time. And the worst thing is that you’re home, with your kids, all the time.’
Sixteen women on their personal transformations.
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