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Approaching Death
A nurse goes from the ER to a hospice, and changes the way she thinks about life and its end.
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A Town Without Dads
Our fathers were American heroes, but they were never around.
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In many child drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.
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Make Boomsa for the Motherland!
The creative, absurd, and ineffective ways that countries try to boost their birthrates.
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Please Don’t Spill Your Child's Snacks All Over the Playground
It seems like such a little thing, but it could save a food-allergic child’s life.
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The Culture of Secrets
An alphabet of Italian food, family, and pride: An essay by a Scholastic Writing Award–winning high schooler.
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Death of a Sunflower
Young love, bad haircuts, and Fibonacci numbers: An essay by a Scholastic Writing Award–winning high schooler.
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Tear Down the Swing Sets
And the plastic forts. Here’s how to put the play back in playgrounds.
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How To Talk to Your Kids About the School Shooting
Be honest, but not too honest.
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Trapped by European-style Socialism—And I Love It!
Maybe working moms can have it all—in France.
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The Worst Years of Our Lives
Everyone hates middle school. But this crucial, oft-ignored part of your children’s education is getting a makeover.
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Monkey Bars Are a Menace
They broke my daughter’s arm. Why are they still around?
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My Insignificant Year
A miserable basketball team, a Nazi classmate, a fateful standardized test: notes on the indignities of the seventh grade.
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I Giggle, Therefore I Am
When I tickle my infant son, I’m teaching him that he’s a human being.
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One Nation, Underpants
The triumphant return of Captain Underpants, hero to hyper, school-hating 8-year-olds.
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The Rebirth of Recess
How do you introduce recess to kids who have never left the classroom?
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