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The new lice wars
Despite evidence that it’s time to abandon the no-nit rule requiring kids be sent home, schools have yet to get the message
How to parent a ‘struggling’ child
As a parent, Ann Douglas has helped her four children weather oppositional defiant disorder, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome and extreme depression, respectively.
Fatherhood 101: Near Manila, a school for stay-at-home dads
Filipino fathers get a crash course in parenting while the mothers work as nannies overseas
Princesses are finding their own happily ever after
Forget about Prince Charming–pop culture’s heroines are blazing their own trail, rebuking anti-princess dogma
British students are slipping. Should parents take the fall?
White working-class children in the U.K. are lagging behind their peers. Fining parents could be the answer
Stick family feud
Trivial but powerful, those cartoon family decals—and the backlash against them—say a lot about our times
Why women—and men, increasingly—are so stressed
Author Brigid Schulte on her battle with the "Overwhelm," how multi-tasking makes you stupid, and the existence of “time serenity”
The secret lives of networked teens
Author Danah Boyd on balancing parenting and privacy and the other side of online bullying
Is maternity leave a bad idea?
The careers of women, and men, suffer when they take a year off work after having kids