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Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not confuse them about speaking properly. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

Exaggerating phrases and talking in a sing-song way can actually help, not make it harder, for young children to master speaking a language.
There’s a long history of children revising, adapting and remixing language and games. Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

The 6‑7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children

From Pig Latin to Punch Buggy, kids have long used nonsensical language, gestures and games to carve out cultures of their own.
Preschool teachers lead a class in Adams County, Colo. Kathryn Scott/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A quarter of early child care educators in Colorado reported mistreatment from co‑workers

Younger and more diverse teachers reported higher rates of bullying and discrimination by their colleagues. This can also affect the kids they care for.
Prior to 1998, Harold of ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ was depicted as racially ambiguous. Harper & Brothers, 1955

His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?

The choices of author and illustrator Crockett Johnson during the printing process – as well as his civil rights advocacy – make it entirely within the realm of possibility.
The U.S. fertility rate is the lowest it’s been since the government started tracking it in the 1930s. Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

I interviewed moms with 5 or more kids − here’s what I learned about the women who are quietly going against the grain

Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach their goals for motherhood.

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