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Birth of the Robot Baby
Can Yotaro, the Japanese cyber-infant, really teach prospective parents about raising a newborn? Lisa Grunwald on the electronic practice child.
The War on Kindergarten
Kids benefit from more hours in school, studies show. So why are full-day kindergarten programs on the chopping block across the country?
The Sex-Slave Rescuer
Sunitha Krishnan works inside the bleak netherworld of human sex slavery in Indian slums. Michelle Goldberg reports on how the Prajwala founder remains, somehow, an optimist.
When Church Groups Go Too Far
From the Baptist 10 charged with child kidnapping in Haiti to a Connecticut man accused of sexually abusing Haitian boys, U.S. missionaries are in trouble-and undersupervised-abroad.
Haiti's Adoption Free-for-All
Americans are scrambling to adopt Haitian "orphans." But have these kids really lost their families?
The Post-Pregnancy Weight-Loss Obsession
First we obsess over stars' "baby bumps," then we shame the new moms into squeezing back into skinny jeans as quickly as possible. Katie Gentile on the double standard that hurts women.



















