How Long Will Kids "Race to Nowhere?"

High-achieving, over-scheduled, pressured parents are seizing on a movie about over-scheduled, pressured kids, and maybe not-so high-achieving kids. How much do they really want change?

Redefining Happiness for Parents

There's a reason parenting supposedly makes us unhappy: We're still the generation that does everything all wrong.

Toy Story 3's Real Subject: Parenthood

Toy Story 3 and the consolations of parenthood.

Kids Don't Have To Ruin Your Life

Why child-centric feminist couples escape the doomsaying about how children ruin your life.

Do People Really Do a Cost-Benefit Analysis Before They Have Kids?

People don't do a cost-benefit analysis before they have kids, even if they should.

Assessing the Risks of Babies

Even if it makes people uncomfortable, it's important to talk about the risks of having children.

Let's Not Send Dad Back to the Waiting Room

Do we have unreasonable expectations for men during pregnancy?

We're Talking About: May 6, 2010

The headlines for May 6, 2010.

When Did You Realize Your Mom Was More Than Just "Mom"?

Slate women discuss the moment they discovered that their mothers had lives outside the home.

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