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How Do Your Childcare Costs Compare to the Rest of the Country?

By Chris Wilson

How Dr. Benjamin Spock Changed American Parenting

By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University / The Conversation

The Childcare Gap is Widening

By TIME Staff

Yes, Couples Who Share Chores Have More Sex

By Belinda Luscombe
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How Child Care Made Humans Smart

A new theory says looking after babies led to greater intelligence

By Belinda Luscombe

Husbands and Wives Differ on Who Runs the House

And they can't both be right

By Belinda Luscombe

Professor Holds Toddler for Single Mom During Class

The understanding lecturer didn’t skip a beat

By Denver Nicks

U.N. Report: Women May Need 'Different Treatment' to Achieve Economic Equality

It's just like Sheryl Sandberg said: paid leave and affordable child care would help achieve gender equality on a global level

By Charlotte Alter

This Is the Childcare Program Obama Was Talking About

A World War II-era program got a shout-out in Tuesday's State of the Union

By Lily Rothman

Children Can Predict Outbreaks

Pre-schoolers might be the key to identifying the next big disease outbreak, finds a new study soon to be presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics national conference.The idea is simple—the researchers created an online...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

I Left My Kids With a Babysitter to Go to a Job Interview—And Came Home to Find Them Hungry, Naked, and Locked Up

Unlike the mother who left her daughter in a park, my childcare was legal. But all too often there's no way to win as a low-income mom.

By Darlena Cunha

World's Worst Nanny Finally Agrees to Leave Family's Home

The nanny from hell finally gave in, but only after being deprived of cable TV and access to the family's refrigerator

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British Women Feel Less Safe After Local Budget Cuts

Recent reductions in local funding in the U.K. are causing women more anxiety than men

By Joan E. Greve

Chore Wars: How the Division of Domestic Duties Really Affects a Couple's Sex Life

Don't drop the brooms yet men. It's childcare that's killing your sex life, not chores.

By Eliana Dockterman
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