State Rep. Jeff Thompson hopes to push "traditional" marriage like anti-smoking campaigns, demeaning single parents

New fathers can feel low, too — and their hormones may be to blame

Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's critique of busybody parents.

Chill: there's no one right way

Hint: it's not the breast-feeding -- it's the contempt

Apps and sites can help rookie moms and dads connect, learn, share — and even get dinner on the table

An appreciation of the man whose book outsold all others, except the Bible.

How to protect our daughter?

Carlson thinks we're too uptight about kids, except when it comes to single parents. Then we aren't uptight enough!

Slate's Emily Bazelon tries to sell her son on the idea of getting fewer gifts.

Our choices don't influence how our kids turn out, says economist Bryan Caplan. Which means we should have more?

But as the "Small Animals" author tells Salon, "It's not the fear itself that's the problem"

There may be fewer differences than initially thought

Legal experts and breastfeeding advocates say the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for policing mothers

Families usually welcome a baby to the mix with great expectations