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toddler

February 25, 2026

Health

MAHA Is Complicating One of the Hardest Parts of Parenting

Yasmin Tayag

September 14, 2025

A bowl of tomato soup in which noodles spell out "MAHA," next to a blue plastic spoon

Health

The Child-Nutrition Myth That Just Won’t Die

Lauren Silverman

May 29, 2024

Color photo of a small child wearing a bib and eating off a pink plastic plate using a spoon

Ideas

What Older Dads Know

Peter Sagal

March 7, 2023

a child playing with a toy horse and carriage on her father's head

Poem

Stagger

Linda Gregerson

December 2022 Issue

illustration with young child silhouetted in open doorway with yellow dots

Ideas

Masking Policy Is Incredibly Irrational Right Now

Emily Oster

March 9, 2022

A photo-illustration of a rocking horse wearing a KN95 mask

Culture

I Have Some Questions About the World of Teletubbies

Sophie Gilbert

December 30, 2021

An image of the four Teletubbies (from left to right: Po, Laa-Laa, Dipsy, and Tinky Winky). The photo is rendered in grainy black-and-white, and where the Teletubbies' eyes should be, instead there are black circles.

Family

‘Toddlers Are Delighted With Themselves’

Ashley Fetters

February 11, 2020

A small child takes a selfie on a smartphone.

Health

The Ominous Rise of Toddler Milk

Olga Khazan

February 4, 2020

Family

Children Cannot Parent Other Children

Ashley Fetters

June 24, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

The Skin-Care Industry Is Coming for Toddlers

MAHA Is Complicating One of the Hardest Parts of Parenting

The Child-Nutrition Myth That Just Won’t Die

What Older Dads Know

Stagger

Masking Policy Is Incredibly Irrational Right Now

I Have Some Questions About the World of Teletubbies

‘Toddlers Are Delighted With Themselves’

The Ominous Rise of Toddler Milk

Children Cannot Parent Other Children