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When countries promote paternity leave, men contribute more at home and women work more.

Tennessee looks to radical change to improve failing schools.

Concerned about finding the right summer camp experience for your children? Here's what to ask.

In New York City, it just got a lot more difficult to hold a 5-year-old back from kindergarten for an extra year.

Disney Junior beats out Nick Jr. in preschool cable ratings.

Some parents are celebrating the news that North Dakota has become the first state to outlaw abortion for fetal conditions like Down syndrome. I'm not.

Some experts argue that A.D.H.D. is over-diagnosed.

Is there any father who hasn’t wished at least once during his son’s metamorphosis from little savage to a little less savage, “Won’t some kid pound my kid?”

My friends tell me that the Easter Bunny is all about wonder and magic that I'm too much of a killjoy to appreciate.

A reader and his wife, in the process of a divorce, are moving in and out of the house they once shared with their children and looking for advice.

If you had Google Glass, what would your children do with it?

Who wouldn't love a built-in car vacuum cleaner? But as long as the carmakers are wooing parents, there are a few other things we need.