Why now is the time to rethink COVID safety protocols for children—and everyone else.

Everything seemed routine. The technician finished up and left the room. The soundtrack of our baby’s heartbeat played an upbeat tempo in the background. A few minutes went by and the technician came back, letting us know she would take a few more pictures of his head for a clearer look. That sounded reasonable. She left again, this time for longer, and when she returned a doctor wearing a white lab coat walked in behind her looking very serious and shut the door.

A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads.

The theme-park chain where kids learn to pilot a plane, pay taxes, and pretend to be adults.

In eight malls spread across three continents, kids get to try out grown-up jobs in corporate-sponsored theme parks. Welcome to KidZania—coming soon to the U.S.