My Heart Goes Out

Valerie Cagle had four children when she decided to go to med school. Crazy? Guess again.

Two Hearts Beat As One

Sparked by her children's fascination with conjoined twins, Catherine Newman turns her eye to family bonds -- the emotional as well as the physical.

Family Affairs

There's lots and lots of talk about infidelity these days -- but oddly enough, not much discussion of where kids come in to the picture. If a parent cheats, should the children know about it? If so, when and how much?

Meagan Francis investigates.

Guilty As Charged

Bridget Kevane thought nothing of letting her children go to the mall alone. The cops thought it was a crime.

Bad parenting or an over-protective society?

Love on the Rocks

Modern science brought her three lovely girls ... and seven frozen embryos. What's the right thing to do with all that potential?

Beth Kohl, author of Embryo Culture: Making Babies in the Twenty-First Century, peers into her heart to find an answer.

What's My Heritage?

When you adopt a child from another country, how much of the child's birth culture should you aim to preserve? Martha Nichols examines the latest thinking on international adoption and culture-keeping.

Endgame

Really, whatever happened to happy mediocrity? Hilary Meyerson wishes for a dollop of good old-fashioned averageness for her children in this era of hyper-competitiveness and goal-driven recreation.