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Red analog televisions are arranged on a yellow background.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2025

3 minute read

How Harmful to Babies Is It to Have the TV on in the Background?

Emily Oster, PhD

A one-day-old newborn infant sleeps in its crib in the hospital.

Feb. 2, 2023

9 minute read

Do I Need a SNOO?

Emily Oster, PhD

Updated on Jan. 8, 2025

9 minute read

Prenatal Testing Deep Dive

Emily Oster, PhD

A calendar date marked by a red pen

Updated on Dec. 19, 2024

2 minute read

Will an Extended Separation Harm My Kid?

Emily Oster, PhD

hands placed on a UV scanning device

Updated on Dec. 12, 2024

3 minute read

Should I Avoid UV Nail Dryers While Pregnant?

Emily Oster, PhD

A potato and an avocado, decorated with silly faces, snuggle under are blanket.

Jan. 27, 2023

2 minute read

What’s the Best Sex Position for Conception?

Emily Oster, PhD

An empty NICU isolette is pictured against a gray wall.

Updated on Sep. 17, 2025

3 minute read

How Much Time Should I Spend with My Baby in the NICU?

Emily Oster, PhD

Two parents, in bed with their child, who is coughing, take the child's temperature.

Updated on Jan. 20, 2025

6 minute read

When to Treat a Fever

Emily Oster, PhD

A pregnant person has her blood pressure taken at a doctor's appointment.

Updated on Dec. 12, 2024

3 minute read

Are Doctors Causing My Hypertension?

Emily Oster, PhD

A kid and a baby lying together on a bed embracing each other

Updated on Dec. 11, 2024

2 minute read

Should I Make My Kids Share a Room?

Emily Oster, PhD

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 person sleeping on bed

Updated on Dec. 27, 2024

4 minute read

Should Adults Nap?

Emily Oster, PhD

A kid trying to go potty.

Updated on Feb. 24, 2025

11 minute read

What to Do About Chronic Constipation

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

Two pieces of yellow yarn are stretched across a blue background. The first piece is relatively straight, left to right. The second is tangled.

Jan. 13, 2023

2 minute read

I Had Pregnancy Complications the First Time. Will They Happen for the Second Pregnancy?

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