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Parenting

Science Health

The Last Children of Down Syndrome

Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.

Sarah Zhang The Atlantic Nov 2020 35min Permalink

Best Article Crime

A Family Matter

Each year, California’s child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.

Jessica Weisberg The Atavist Magazine Aug 2016 Permalink

Lost in the Waves

Swept out to sea by a riptide, a father and his 12-year-old autistic son struggle to stay alive. As night falls, the dad comes to a devastating realization: If they remain together, they’ll drown together.

Justin Heckert Men's Journal Nov 2009 25min Permalink

Facing the Wind

Trying to parent my Black teenagers through protest and pandemic.

Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "There Is No Baby In This Story"

An antique high chair; the complexities of parenting and growing.

Chelsea Sutton Pithead Chapel May 2020 Permalink

Health

I Can’t Answer My Daughter's Questions About COVID-19

On parenting during a pandemic.

Kevin Koczwara Esquire Apr 2020 15min Permalink

Health

I Know The Day We Got It

A week in the life of a family weathering the coronavirus.

Reyhan Harmanci The Cut Apr 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Green Bridge"

A girl spends time with her mentally unstable mother.

Cathy Mellett Atlas & Alice Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Crime

The Life and Times of Strider Wolf

When he was 2, Strider was severely beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. Today, at 6, Strider lives with his grandparents in rural Maine, in and out of poverty, trying to make it.

Sarah Schweitzer Boston Globe Nov 2015 35min Permalink

Best Article

My Father’s Fashion Tips

The writer on his father’s religious devotion to personal style. Among the maxims: “the turtleneck is the most flattering thing a man can wear”; “there is nothing like a fresh burn”; and “always wear white to the face.”

Tom Junod GQ Dec 1996 30min Permalink

Best Article Health

Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis

The answer to the disparity in death rates has everything to do with the lived experience of being a black woman in America.

Linda Villarosa New York Times Magazine Apr 2018 40min Permalink

Health

'For Five Years We Dreaded Every Meal'

After two months in the hospital, a mother finally got to take her premature baby home. Then she spent five years trying to convince him to eat.

Tahmima Anam The Guardian Apr 2019 35min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Not Everyone is Special"

Magic powers meet everyday problems.

Josh Denslow The Offing Apr 2019 20min Permalink

Bastard

“Neither of my parents was exactly who I thought they were.”

Elizabeth Wurtzel The Cut Dec 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Science Health

Never Let Go

On being the parent of a micro preemie.

  1. Part One: Lost and Found

    A daughter is born, four months too soon.

  2. Part Two: The Zero Zone

    Juniper’s first few weeks.

  3. Part Three: Baby's Breath

    Miracles, in little pieces.

Kelley Benham The Tampa Bay Times Dec 2012 1h20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Glyph Atlas"

A father's death, mysterious texts, and bodily/environmental changes.

Blake Butler The Collagist Dec 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "What Fundamentalists Do"

While visiting a new church, a teenager questions her faith.

Virgie Townsend Pithead Chapel Dec 2018 10min Permalink

Targeted

What if your son’s school thinks he might be a potential school shooter?

Bethany Barnes The Oregonian Jun 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Having a Catch With Dad Is Much Harder Than Field of Dreams Makes It Out To Be"

Baseball and complicated father/son relationships.

Patrick Walczy Hobart Apr 2018 Permalink

Best Article

Fatal Distraction

Forgetting a child in the backseat of a car is a horrifying mistake. But is it a crime?

Gene Weingarten Washington Post Mar 2009 35min Permalink

Movies & TV

Jimmy Kimmel Doesn't Want to Cry

A late night host finds a new voice.

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Paterniti on the Longform Podcast

Michael Paterniti GQ Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Arts

The Killer-Nanny Novel That Conquered France

Leïla Slimani’s best-seller explores the dark relationship of a mother and her babysitter.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink

Health

I Never Got the Chance to Protect My Child

“To fight for my son, I have to argue that he should never have been born.”

Jen Gann New York Nov 2017 20min Permalink

Best Article Travel

You Blow My Mind. Hey, Mickey!

A journey to Disney World with kids and weed.

John Jeremiah Sullivan New York Times Magazine Jun 2011 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction: "The End of Love"

New love, lost love, and origins.

Ilene Raymond Rush Poydras Review Oct 2017 10min Permalink

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