parenthood

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Housing is also key to making parenthood seem possible.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2026

American parenthood is plagued with structural problems: A lack of affordable childcare, an increasingly rising standard for “good” parenting, and a cost of living that necessitates more than one income per family.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

"We are living in societies where parenthood is extremely expensive. So whatever different countries can do to support parents and support families is a good policy," says Sobotka.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

In that first year of parenthood, he put $75,000 into a 529 college-savings plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Their hearts were wrung with anguish, the anguish of having children, a vulnerability as astonishing as the capacity for love that parenthood brings, in a cuff link set all its own .

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides