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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

5 septembre 2026 à 14:14
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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About 80 percent of the 870,000 families that currently get child care subsidies from the Health and Human Services Department have single working parents, most of them mothers, according to department data.

‘We Can Understand Parts of Her Story’: Moms React to Clancy’s Experience

3 septembre 2026 à 12:12
Some moms are outraged and called for Lindsay Clancy’s conviction. Others watched with compassion, recognizing their own struggles with postpartum.

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Supporters of Lindsay Clancy outside of court on Wednesday.

Lindsay Clancy Was a Nurse Who ‘Always Wanted to Be a Mother’

3 septembre 2026 à 10:55
Witness testimony at Ms. Clancy’s trial detailed her life as a labor and delivery nurse with a growing family.

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Lindsay Clancy during her trial in Plymouth, Mass., earlier in August.

Do Active Shooter Drills Help? Two Asian Nations Grapple With Gun Violence.

2 septembre 2026 à 05:03
After school shootings, Thailand and the Philippines are taking different approaches to the drills, which are common practice in the United States.

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Active shooter drills, like this one at a school in Bangkok last month, have become sought after in Thailand.

‘You’re Ruining My Dreams’: C.T.E. Study Adds to Family Tension Over Football

26 août 2026 à 11:06
Many families are engaged in tense debates after a new study found a high percentage of N.F.L. players had developed degenerative brain disease.

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For parents, the new C.T.E. study layered fear, uncertainty and guilt onto an already difficult situation.

Your Child Plays Football. How Can You Minimize Risk of C.T.E.?

25 août 2026 à 05:09
Researchers say it’s all about reducing the total number of blows to the head.

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Many medical experts encourage children to play flag football rather than the full-contact version.
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  • Social media goes into overdrive with Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theories
    Algorithms are responsible for fever pitch content surrounding trial, including misinformation, experts sayAs the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, starts to wind down, a now international discussion on social media about the case has hit a fever pitch as viewers examine details of the trial and question the state of maternal mental healthcare in the United States.Amateur sleuths and armchair psychologists have been creating content througho
     

Social media goes into overdrive with Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theories

24 août 2026 à 07:00

Algorithms are responsible for fever pitch content surrounding trial, including misinformation, experts say

As the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, starts to wind down, a now international discussion on social media about the case has hit a fever pitch as viewers examine details of the trial and question the state of maternal mental healthcare in the United States.

Amateur sleuths and armchair psychologists have been creating content throughout the several weeks of the trial, pointing out perceived discrepancies in evidence. They’ve pointed to Clancy’s last recorded heart rate and body temperature as “smoking guns”, suggested that Patrick Clancy, Lindsay’s ex-husband and father of the children, actually committed the crime, despite no legal evidence to back up the claim.

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© Photograph: Josh Reynolds/Reuters

© Photograph: Josh Reynolds/Reuters

Close and Loving, or Oppressive? A Novelist Takes Aim at Italian Families.

22 août 2026 à 11:22
Many Italians see themselves in Andrea Bajani’s latest novel, a portrayal of the family as a “little totalitarian system” shaped by psychological and physical violence.

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Andrea Bajani in Rome last year. An English translation of his best-selling novel, “The Anniversary,” will be published on Tuesday.

Summer Camps Strive to Stay Part of Canadian Life, Despite Hurdles

15 août 2026 à 06:00
Long a tradition for many kids and teenagers across the country, overnight camps are facing financial and cultural hurdles as inflation bites and parenting trends shift.
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