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Children and parenting

Parenting expectations and experiences

12 people on what it was like for them

Most children of smart parents will be pretty ordinary

We’re not all going to raise geniuses.

Travel with a baby

Advice for trips with one adult and a baby

School: your mileage may vary

Public, private, homeschool, unschool

How much will pregnancy affect your health and work?

You might get lucky, you might not.

Childcare guide

Daycare centers, small home daycares, nannies, au pairs

A week in the life: where time goes with three kids

Tracking sleep, work, time with the kids, and all the rest.

How to talk with kids about race?

I think some of what I’ve said has backfired.

Babies are different from most of our reality

If you proposed our current method of reproduction to a medical ethics board, I assume they would be horrified.

What startup founders should think about before having kids

Whether / when / how to make it work

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