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The Cautionary Tale of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
“If they knew they were going to stop investing in our community,” Angelica Cardenas told The Wall Street Journal, “it should have been spoken about earlier on.” Cardenas, whose 3-year-old daughter was…
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New York’s ACS Is Failing Children and Kids Are Dying—Why Is Hochul Getting in the Way of Reforms That Would Save Lives?
The Jarvis children “used to be strong, but then she had to push them up the steps,” according to building superintendent Dennis Rivera. “They couldn’t climb.” It’s been more than a week…
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Custody Courts’ Deadly Blind Spots
Was Lindsay Clancy acting deliberately when she strangled her three children in their Massachusetts home in 2023, or was she suffering from postpartum psychosis? Did her husband or health professionals miss warning…
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The Ever-Changing Definition of Adulthood and Its Cost
How do you know you’re an adult? A thousand years ago, a hundred years ago, no one asked this question. Once you were physically capable of supporting yourself, of protecting…
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A Message for the New York State Dopes Who Voted to Legalize Weed: Told You So
We are at an “I-told-you-so moment.” That’s what New York state Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar told The Post last week in response to the new guide, “Talking With Young…
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Keep Antivax Politics Out of Foster Parent Licensing
What do we owe children in the foster care system? At a minimum, safety. Which is why it’s so concerning that the Trump administration recently omitted guidance on vaccine requirements…
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Microfinance Failures
It is hard to think of a philanthropic trend that had more widespread support than “microfinance.” The idea, launched in 1976 by economist Muhammad Yunus, offered small loans to impoverished women…
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16 “Almost Feral” Children in Ohio Show Why We Need Child Protective Services
Two weeks ago, police discovered 16 “almost feral” children between the ages of 1 and 18 living in a rural Ohio home. The conditions have shocked the family’s relatives, neighbors and the…
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Safety Before Kinship
Those who worry about a child welfare system that puts ideology over children’s safety breathed a sigh of relief when the Biden administration ended. Whether the Administration for Children and…
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The Effects of Divorce Through the Eyes of Two Novelists
Toward the end of “Lake Effect,” the new novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Clara Larkin recounts at a dinner party the story of her mother’s decision to leave her family…
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What “Toy Story 5” Got Right—and Wrong—About How Screen Time Affects Kids
Sunday night provided one of those moments that all mothers have occasionally. You look at your children and wonder how did those three beings come from me? I was walking…
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Weed and Kids Are a Risky Mix—but “Garden Moms” Are Toking Up
Motherhood is hard; weed helps: That’s the toxic message from a new group of online influencers — “gardeners,” they like to call themselves — who advocate using cannabis to deal with the…