We call babies "bundles of joy," but decades of social science research show that kids don't make parents happier. In her new book, Jennifer... A Parenting Paradox: How Kids Manage To Be 'All Joy And ...

FARGO — A local comic and games store is being a super hero for kids in need. The store is taking donations of comic books and graphic novels and giving them to kids at Sanford Children's Hospital.

But Delgado’s daughter is among a shrinking number of students who participate in federally funded summer meals programs across the state. Texas missed out on about $56 million in federal money in ...

To the editor: I support and applaud anyone’s choice to be child-free, but I am not sure Ursula Taherian’s argument — that she is choosing between parenting and the luxuries of martinis and “freedom” ...

Germany is regarded as one of the most generous countries in the world when it comes to helping women raise families. The government invests about $260 billion each year into 156 separate ...

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