Parenting
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Most kids need to learn to do homework in the same way they learn to swim or, even better, do their own laundry.
Hottest Seat in Town
High School Graduation Tickets Have Become A Source Of Drama
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The Early Years
Uma Thurman Talks To Romper About Helping All Kids Thrive And The Joy Of Seeing Her Own Grow Up
Thurman visited the White House recently with Room To Grow, a non-profit dedicated to helping vulnerable moms and babies. Here's what they want everyone to know.
Martin Scorsese Couldn't Resit Directing His Daughter In A Hilarious New TikTok
Travis Kelce Defends Pulling A Major Dad Move At Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' In Paris
Colton Underwood Announced He's Expecting A Baby Boy With Husband Jordan C. Brown
Moms Are Feeling For Jennifer Garner After She Cried Throughout Her Child's Graduation
Where Can You Stream Michelle Buteau & Ilana Glazer’s New Mom Comedy 'Babes'?
12 New Books On Our Summer Reading List For 2024
What Romper editors are looking forward to reading this summer — preferably with a popsicle and one eye on the kiddie pool.
Getting Divorced With Miranda July
All Fours is perfect company for Transformation Brain.
Family Life
Sweet Like Candy
The Supplement Industry Has Come For Kids
In recent years, a growing number of parents have turned to supplements to help their kids sleep, focus, and be healthy. But pediatricians are alarmed by how little we know about what our kids are taking.
Parenting
Let’s (Really) Talk About Transition Regret
In order to understand why we may fear transition regret and detransition, it’s helpful to think about our relationship with regret overall.
Like Moths To A Flame
Lighting A Candle At Dinner Will Keep Your Kids At The Table, TikTok Says
Time to up your candle budget.
Exclusive
'TODAY’s Craig Melvin Has A Plan For When His Kids Grow Up & Stop Talking To Him
“When they do that, I wanted to be able to say, ‘Hey, you little snot, you remember I wrote a book and I put you on the cover?’”
Kids’ Entertainment
Ryan Reynolds Made A 'Bluey' Confession That Every Parent Can Relate To
Restaurant’s Underwhelming 'Bluey' Event Is Being Compared To The Willy Wonka Experience
John Krasinski Really Just Got All His Celeb Friends To Be In His New Kids' Movie
Disney World Revealed When Tiana's Bayou Adventure Ride Is Opening & It's So Soon
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Romper Originals
Jenna Dewan Wants To Enjoy It This Time
How the actor and dancer is approaching her third — and final, she says — pregnancy.
Paris Hilton Enters Her “Mom Era”
With new baby girl London rounding out her “cutesy crew,” the reality TV icon is learning how to be a homebody: “My life is finally complete.”
Hilaria Baldwin In Real Life
How the mother of seven keeps her center (and her sense of humor) amid all the chaos.
Flamin’ Hot Eva
“Nobody can tell this story better than me.”
Ricki Lake Has Unfinished Business
She gave birth on camera and changed Americans’ attitudes towards birth forever. Fifteen years later, it’s clear how much more has to change.
Meghan Trainor's TMI Life
At the pop star's family compound, things are just getting started.
How Allyson Felix, America’s Most Decorated Runner & Mom, Stays On Track
The five-time Olympian finds the sweet spot between big dreams and daily to-dos.
It's A Beautiful Day In Jenny Slate’s Neighborhood
Jenny Slate, mother of Marcel the Shell, has given up performing her identity and doubled down on delighting you.
Hilary Duff Never Meant To Make It Look Easy
Even Hollywood's ultimate Good Mom is figuring it out along the way.
Raven’s Chosen Family
Raven-Symoné and Miranda Pearman-Maday are each other’s LGBTQ+ icons.
Kevin Hart Isn't The Funniest Person His Kids Know
“What I've learned as a father is that the most important thing in the world is listening. It’s not about trying to be right.”
Jessica Alba Has Always Had A Vision
Alba on weathering the pandemic and taking her company to the next level
It's Getting Real For Mandy Moore
The matriarch of 'This Is Us' embarks on her own family story.
Tess Holliday Is Having A Slumber Party — And We’re All Invited
The body positive icon on her lovable new podcast and dating post-divorce
Pregnancy & Baby
How To Throw The Ultimate Baby Shower
It’s going to be the mother of all parties.
The Fastest Growing Baby Names Of 2023 Will Absolutely Surprise You
The Top 10, however, will not.
The New Moms Who Have Had Enough Of Birth Control
“My body has been through the wringer. I have done my part.”
The Shopping List
For The Group Chat
There Are So Many Ways To Have Children In Your Life
Once I figured this out, missing out on motherhood was no longer the foundational disappointment of my life.
What If Men Were Mothers, Too?
Let’s ditch this identity based on dubious ideas about genetics, and define all parental relationships as active bonds of care.
My Mother’s Parenting Books From The ‘80s Are A Revelation
To read them now is to enter into another, more human way of thinking about what happens between parents and children.
Good Enough Parent
Is There A "Right Way" To Help My Kid With Their Homework?
Most kids need to learn to do homework in the same way they learn to swim or, even better, do their own laundry.
Is Reading My Kid's Texts A Violation Of Her Privacy?
I would never read my daughter's diary — but this is different, right?
Should We Tell Our Kid About Their Autism Diagnosis?
I cannot tell you how many children and teens I know whose self-confidence rises once they get a diagnosis.
How Do I Survive With Kids Home For Winter Break — You Know, Mentally?
The holidays are intense and the pressure on parents to spend magical, connected time with our children? Also intense.
Is There A Way To Divorce My Husband Without Messing Up Our Kid?
The transition will likely be shitty, but the end result is a better situation for all.
Does My Kid Really Have ADHD Or Is This Just What We’re All Like Now?
ADHD is both underdiagnosed and overdiagnosed. It's misdiagnosed and missed altogether.
Sometimes I Worry I’m More Invested In The Approval Of Other Parents Than My Own Kid
Whatever parenting Kool-Aid we’re drinking is laced with our own self-destruction.
Help! I Can’t Get My Kids Out The Door In The Morning Without Losing It
Do not fall victim to the lie that there is some version of reality where if you were just good enough, mornings would be easy.
Weeknight Family Dinner Is Hell Lately — Is It Really That Important?
In a way, meals are a terrible time to attempt to foster whole-family connection
Help! What Is A Cool & Normal End-Of-Year Gift For Teachers?
Do people do that? Do teachers really want them? I never know how to do this right.
Should I Have A Second Kid?
Carefully mapping every possible outcome is less likely to deliver you an answer than it is to trap you in the question for all eternity.
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