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Jonathan Haidt: Taking Back Childhood from Phones—Finally
Americans don’t agree about anything. Except this: Kids belong in the real world.
Jonathan Haidt and Zach Rausch
Letters to the Editor: Two Personal Perspectives on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Plus: A tip from the great Thomas Mallon on filing expenses in the glory days of magazines.
The Free Press
The Junk Science That Gets Parents Convicted of Murder
A Texas man is awaiting execution for shaking his child to death. But even the detective on the case now thinks he’s innocent.
Jennifer Block
How to Keep Chickens in the City
As egg prices rise, the agricultural secretary told Americans: Get some hens! It’s not a bad idea.
Larissa Phillips
WATCH: Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics
Each one of us has a different conception story.
Bari Weiss
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How I Became a Wife
In the ’70s, my mother gave me a print that read: ‘A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.’ After 25 years of marriage, I couldn’t disagree…
Larissa Phillips
EXCLUSIVE: A High Schooler Graduated with a 3.4 GPA. He Couldn’t Even Read.
Now, the Tennessee teen is suing his school district, Frannie Block reports.
Frannie Block
How American Educators Are Conning Kids
As U.S. students keep falling behind, educators keep lowering standards. ‘It’s like telling everyone they’re a great swimmer when you know half of us…
Frannie Block
Diets Are Bad. Ignoring Childhood Obesity Is Even Worse.
Activists tell parents not to ‘fat shame’ an overweight child or make them go on a diet. But parents who refuse to tackle the issue are putting their…
Robert J. Davis
Bearing Jewish Children After October 7
‘Be good, be strong, and don’t forget us,’ my great-grandfather wrote to his son before he was killed in the Holocaust. We won’t. The new life growing…
Candace Mittel Kahn
Bari and Nellie Are Having a Second Baby—and They Have Questions!
We called our favorite parents for their best advice on the eve of another Free Press baby.
Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles
How Motherhood Liberated Me
‘My daughter doesn’t care if I’m exceptional. She just cares that I am hers.’
Raina Raskin
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