“Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted.”
children
Posted inEditor's Pick
If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?
“Perhaps part of Orli’s legacy is insisting on this conversation.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Accidental Day Care
“When our sons’ nursery lost its license, we decided to play host until the problem was resolved. How long could it take?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Families in States with Bans on Trans Care are Finding Hope Across State Lines
“‘I would rather have an alive kid on testosterone than a dead kid that’s not,’ says one North Carolina mom.'”
Posted inEditor's Pick
‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
“The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life
“I worried about his ability to fit in. But then he fell in love with Russian — and on a trip to Central Asia, he flourished.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Children Who Lost Limbs In Gaza
“More than a thousand children who were injured in the war are now amputees. What do their futures hold?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
What’s the Price of a Childhood Turned Into Content?
“In the unregulated world of vloggers, children are, for the most part, not entitled to a single cent they help earn. We spoke to creators—and a former kid influencer—to understand how this unusual family business actually works.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Guatemala’s Baby Brokers: How Thousands of Children Were Stolen for Adoption
“From the 1960s, baby brokers persuaded often Indigenous Mayan women to give up newborns while kidnappers ‘disappeared’ babies.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
When the Coast Guard Intercepts Unaccompanied Kids
“A Haitian boy arrived on Florida’s maritime border. His next five days detained at sea illuminate the crisis facing children traveling to the U.S. alone and the crews forced to send them back.”