Babble

a magazine and community for the new urban parent

Features

Essays

Are We Really Such Monsters?

by Lakis Polycarpou

Everything today is "child abuse."
My Illegal Home Birth

by Madeline Holler

Giving birth at home was weird, magical — and a felony.
Daddy's Drawer

by Kevin Keck

What I learned from my father's nightstand.
No Sex, Please; We're Parents

by Jeanne Sager

The real reason I'm turned off.
Baby vs. Career

by Meg Wolitzer

The Ten-Year Nap's author on whether to work or stay home.
The Parent Trap

by Nan Mooney

Single, broke and pregnant, I moved back home at age 37.
One is the Awesomest Number

by Jeanne Sager

Why I don't want a second child.

Special Issues

The Sex and Gender Issue

by Babble Editors

Boys will (or won't) be boys.
The Christmas Special Issue

by Babble

Santa, religion and the perfect present.
The Nanny Special Issue

by the Babble editors

Adventures in babysitting.
Summer Travel Special Issue

by the Babble editors

Everything you need to skip town.

Essays

Pick a Sex, Any Sex

by Jeanne Sager

Some couples will do anything to guarantee a boy or a girl.
Herland

by L. J. Williamson

Why are there so few male teachers?
The Gender Spectrum

by Brett Berk

Social pressure to act girly or macho is stronger than you'd think.
The Gender Spectrum Quiz

by Brett Berk

Find out where your child fits.
Reform School

by Kim Mance

How "No Child Left Behind" ruined American education.
Milk Money

by Kate Tuttle

Is breastfeeding really cheaper than formula? Not always.
The Phantom Menace

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel

Do 1 in 20 kids really have "sensory processing disorder"?

Essays

Wyclef Jean

by Tammy La Gorce

The singer on his Haitian childhood and suburban dadhood.
Helen Hunt

by Mina Hochberg

"One bad line reading by a kid can ruin a movie."
Matthew Broderick

by Mina Hochberg

"It's scary to be responsible for somebody."
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

by Gwynne Watkins

Baby Mama's stars on the absurdities of city parenting.
Uma Thurman

by Mina Hochberg

"If you try to lie to your child, they'll sense it."
Jodie Foster

by Justin Clark

On swear jars, seal kisses and SpongeBob popsicles.
Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips

by Ada Calhoun

On Supernanny, breastfeeding and her Beach Boy father.

Babble Partners