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Food
A Love Letter to Cricket, the Bookish Child’s Bible
I first encountered Cricket, the literary magazine for children, at the home of my best friend, Elaine. Elaine was the…
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Politics
Adele Faber, Who Helped to Change How Parents Talk to Children, Dies at 96
With her collaborator, Elaine Mazlish, she wrote “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”…
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Politics
The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem
American women made significant progress toward closing the gender pay gap in the second half of the 20th century, but…
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World
Free Preschool With One Catch: It May Be a Long Commute Away
Many New York City families counted on the prospect of free preschool, but hundreds were not immediately offered a seat…
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Politics
Does Mindfulness Training Lead to Better Mental Health?
More from our inbox: Teaching About HateIsrael and Hamas: Let the I.C.C. DecideNonpartisan House SpeakersLucy Foulkes, a research psychologist at…
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Politics
On Instagram, a Jewelry Ad Draws Solicitations for Sex With a 5-Year-Old
Advertisers of merchandise for young girls find that adult men can become their unintended audience. In a test ad, convicted…
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Politics
When the Alternative to Foster Care Is an Unsafe Home, There Is Only One Right Choice
In February of 2023, Phoenix Castro was born in San Jose, Calif., suffering from neonatal opioid withdrawal after being exposed…
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Food
Can a 50-Year-Old Idea Save Democracy?
The economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler thinks so. In “Free and Equal,” he makes a vigorous case for adopting the…
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Food
Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Creators, Saying Series Defamed Him
In the suit, lawyers for the former Nickelodeon producer called the documentary a “hit job” that had falsely painted him…
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Magazine
Is It Wrong for Public School Principals to Send Their Kids to Private School?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on double standards — and possible hypocrisy — among educators.