A New Theory Puts Parenting at the Center of Human Evolution
Can the origin of language can be traced to child care?
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty; Alamy. The Branch of Philosophy All Parents Should Know
Care ethics just might transform the way people think about what they owe their children.
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Relationships can be inconvenient—but we all depend on others.
Illustration by Ben Hickey Why Our Children Should Be More Demanding, Not Less
A new book argues that children are disenfranchised citizens whose basic needs are being ignored.
David Turnley / Corbis / Getty Want to Understand Socrates and Sartre? Talk With Your Kid.
A new book asks us to consider that children might have a natural aptitude for grappling with our deepest philosophical questions.
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