children

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The Cost: New York City spends roughly $37 billion a year to educate about 850,000 children.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It all stems from Gorsuch’s third book and his first for children, which was co-written with a former law clerk and released in early May ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

That argument works for my paying for schools when I don’t have children, or your paying for scientific research you think is silly.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

Recently, I received a letter from a reader about whether she and her husband should add their children as beneficiaries to the husband’s modest retirement fund.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

All I can do is look after my children and look after my animals, and I will do both, to my dying breath.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo