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An arrangement of tissue boxes, used tissues, and a cup of hot tea against a pink background.

Updated on Jan. 8, 2025

2 minute read

Is It Better to Blow My Nose or Wipe It?

Emily Oster, PhD

A kid trying to go potty.

Updated on Feb. 24, 2025

2 minute read

What to Do About Chronic Constipation

Emily Oster, PhD

A child playing on an outdoor jungle gym.

Updated on Feb. 5, 2025

3 minute read

How Common and Serious Are Playground Accidents?

Emily Oster, PhD

A kid holding a gecko

Updated on Dec. 30, 2024

3 minute read

What Is the Best Pet for a 2-Year-Old?

Emily Oster, PhD

Multicolored paper speech bubbles hanging from yarn across a yellow background.

Updated on Apr. 1, 2025

2 minute read

Should We Speak to Our Child in Multiple Languages?

Emily Oster, PhD

Flames from a gas burner are pictured close-up.

Updated on Mar. 30, 2025

9 minute read

How Worried Should We Be About Gas Stoves?

Emily Oster, PhD

A teddy bear sits in a blue highchair eating oatmeal and an apple.

Jan. 6, 2023

3 minute read

Is My Toddler Overeating?

Emily Oster, PhD

A baby holding their breath with puffed-out cheeks and lips.

Jan. 6, 2023

2 minute read

Why Is My Baby Holding Her Breath?

Emily Oster, PhD

A pyramid of plain wooden block and one red one on a blue background.

Dec. 23, 2022

4 minute read

Should I Avoid Sending My Kid to Day Care During the Tripledemic?

Emily Oster, PhD

A blue and white digital thermometer sits on a pink background.

Dec. 23, 2022

2 minute read

How Accurate Is My Thermometer?

Emily Oster, PhD

A parent looking at the phone with two kids

Updated on Feb. 5, 2025

4 minute read

Is It Bad for Parents to Use Phones Around Their Kids?

Emily Oster, PhD

Plastic glasses with a nose, mustache, and funny eyebrows attached.

Updated on Apr. 9, 2025

2 minute read

What Can I Do About My Child’s Stranger Anxiety?

Emily Oster, PhD

A young parent is holding a crying baby on one hip while trying to do the laundry with her other hand.

Dec. 8, 2022

16 minute read

What's Wrong With Parenting in America—And How to Fix It

Emily Oster, PhD

Red, white, and blue striped toothpaste is squeezed into a squiggle on a yellow background.

Updated on Jan. 8, 2025

2 minute read

How Do I Keep My Kid from Swallowing Fluoride?

Emily Oster, PhD

A parent holding a baby and adjusting the thermostat

Updated on Dec. 30, 2024

2 minute read

Will a Drafty Bedroom Make My Infant Sick?

Emily Oster, PhD

A close up of a child finger painting with brightly colored paints.

Nov. 14, 2022

8 minute read

How to Protect Against Illness This Holiday Season

Emily Oster, PhD