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    When Parents Get Parented

    The joys and challenges of living with grandparents during a pandemic.

    By Jessica Grose

  4. PhotoJake Gant, left, and his husband, Louis Polidori, wanted to make sure their surrogate was OK pushing forward. She was. “That is the most important thing, that she’s comfortable with the process,” Gant said. 
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    Growing a Family in the Shadow of a Pandemic

    Six households weighed the risks of conceiving and carrying a child during the coronavirus outbreak, each balancing their concerns against an uncertain future.

    By Christina Caron

The NYT Parenting Newsletter

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    When Parents Get Parented

    The joys and challenges of living with grandparents during a pandemic.

    By Jessica Grose

What Parents Need to Know About Coronavirus

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  2. PhotoJake Gant, left, and his husband, Louis Polidori, wanted to make sure their surrogate was OK pushing forward. She was. “That is the most important thing, that she’s comfortable with the process,” Gant said. 
    CreditRozette Rago for The New York Times

    Growing a Family in the Shadow of a Pandemic

    Six households weighed the risks of conceiving and carrying a child during the coronavirus outbreak, each balancing their concerns against an uncertain future.

    By Christina Caron

  4. Photo Drew Harry and Lian Chikako Chang take a socially distanced walk with their 3-year-old son, Jay, in San Francisco’s Presidio.
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    When Couples Fight About Virus Risks

    Should the kids use a public bathroom? Is bike riding with friends allowed? Here’s how to deal with a new kind of parenting disagreement.

    By Jessica Grose

Milestones

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    Your 4-Year-Old

    Use our developmental milestones to learn what most kids can do as they grow.

    By Meghan MacLean Weir, M.D.

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    Your 9-Month-Old

    Use our developmental milestones to learn what most kids can do as they grow.

    By Aaron E. Carroll

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    Your 1-Year-Old

    Use our developmental milestones to learn what most kids can do as they grow.

    By Nia Heard-Garris, M.D.

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    Your 5-Year-Old

    Use our developmental milestones to learn what most kids can do as they grow.

    By Nia Heard-Garris, M.D.

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    Your 15-Month-Old

    Use our developmental milestones to learn what most kids can do as they grow.

    By Meghan MacLean Weir, M.D.

The Price of Modern Parenting

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    Your Cheatin’ Wallet

    How to recognize financial infidelity and stop it from eroding your family’s trust.

    By Jancee Dunn

  3. PhotoJacqui Hunt, a New York schoolteacher, plays with her adopted child, Carina. 
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    What I Spent to Adopt My Child

    Three families share their adoption stories, illuminating the variety of choices — and costs — involved in the process.

    By David Dodge

  1. Get Creative to Celebrate Dad

    During the coronavirus outbreak, the best Father’s Day gifts should be personal and priceless, in every sense of the word.

    By Sara Aridi

  2. Talking With Relatives Across the Political Divide

    For those who are engaging in difficult conversations about political differences with family members, here are some ways to keep the dialogue as meaningful as possible.

    By Madeline Halpert

  3. 5 Podcasts at the Intersection of Pride Month and the Black Lives Matter Movement

    This June has restored the spirit of protest to Pride celebrations. Here are shows to help you understand the moment.

    By Phoebe Lett

  4. Stick a Starry Night Sky on Your Ceiling

    There are about a septillion stars in the observable universe. You can bring a fraction into your home — which is more than enough.

    By Michelle Dowd

  5. Vet Your Social Media

    Before hitting like or retweet on a post about the protests, it’s important to know that the accounts you are following are trustworthy.

    By Pierre-Antoine Louis

  6. Why I Took My Young Son to Protest

    I wanted my 6-year-old to see people standing up for our rights. I felt safe because in our city, the cops are women of color, like his grandma.

    By Lizzie Skurnick

  7. Playing the Paper

    What’s black and white and can be turned into hours of entertainment?

    By Sam Von Ehren, Jason Mayer, Andrew Dore and Milena Correa

  8. How 132 Epidemiologists Are Deciding When to Send Their Children to School

    “This is the dreaded question,” say experts struggling to weigh virus risks and uncertainty against family well-being.

    By Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz

  9. Korean Adoptee Wins Landmark Case in Search for Birth Parents

    In the first verdict of its kind, a South Korean court has ruled that Kara Bos, an American, is a daughter of an 85-year-old man in Seoul.

    By Choe Sang-Hun

  10. Modern Love

    Together.

    After months of sheltering at home, 18 cohabitants on what so much togetherness has wrought.

    By The New York Times