Legalizing Love Watching Section 377: The Partners The first in a three-part series exploring what LGBTQ+ people and their families are feeling as they watch Supreme Court deliberations. By The Swaddle Team
Rise Of The Machines In The Near Future, Parents Will Have to Worry About Peer Pressure — From Robots
Perfectly Safe Study: No Link Between Autism and Prenatal Whooping Cough, Tetanus Vaccine Let's put this tired myth to bed. By The Swaddle Team
Rise Of The Machines In The Near Future, Parents Will Have to Worry About Peer Pressure — From Robots Maybe their influence will be used for good? By The Swaddle Team
Check Up 1 in 2 Women We Surveyed Said They Can’t Speak About Sex Openly with Their Gynac We asked about your visits to the gynecologist; here's what you had to say. By The Swaddle Team
Winning Study: Even as Teens, Young Adults, Kids Favor Parents Over Friends Even though their behavior may indicate the opposite. By Angelina Shah
Questionable Support New Zealand Eyes Paid Leave for Miscarriage Would you avail of it, if it meant sharing and proving you lost a pregnancy? By The Swaddle Team
Digital Fallout Digital Devices Get In the Way of Family Interaction More Than We Think New studies show the extent to which common, unconscious habits take us out of the moment. By Angelina Shah
Case Closed Study: Awareness, Availability of HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Risky Sexual Behavior in Teens But it does require us to recognize kids as future sexual beings. By Liesl Goecker
Taking Work Home Rude Colleagues Can Influence Your Parenting Style They drain your parenting mojo. By The Swaddle Team
Logging Off Flexitime Can Affect Health, Well‑being of Families, Not Just Workers When employees are expected to respond 24/7, everyone suffers. By Angelina Shah
Pass The Lust ‘Lust Stories’ Captures Some Realities of Indian Women’s Sexuality But misses the complex inner monologues that complete the picture. By Akhila Vijaykumar
The Lady In Lady Justice Only 27% of Judges in India’s Lower Courts are Women Gender parity on the bench could mitigate biased legal judgments. By Anubhuti Matta
Fixed That For You Single Parenting Isn’t a ‘Dangerous Concept for Society’ But bias against it is. By Liesl Goecker
The Buzz Cut The Dawn of the Artificially Intelligent Celebrity Frankenstein is a Japanese pop star, plus whether Alexa is killing kids' empathy, in this week's roundup. By The Swaddle Team
Birth / Control ‘I Scheduled My Own C‑Section,’ She Said, ‘Because I Had a Job Interview’ In one generation, so much -- and so little -- has changed for India's working mothers. By Swetha Dandapani
XOXO How, Why Couples Text May Be More Important Than What They Say People with similar texting habits were happier together, even when discussing conflict. By Angelina Shah
Equal Opportunity Nearly As Many New Dads Likely to Get Postpartum Depression As New Moms Maybe now the condition will be taken seriously. By Anubhuti Matta
Just A Number Staying Young Is About Feeling In Control, Researchers Find People who feel empowered are more likely to have a youthful spring in their step. By Angelina Shah
Safe Delivery Study: Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks Doesn’t Increase Chance of C‑section In fact, it reduces it. By Angelina Shah
Misunderstood Genius The Most Effective, Long Lasting, Reversible Birth Control Method No One Uses IUDs have a PR problem in India. By Suchita Parikh-Mundul
COLD HARD CASH "As a woman, you tend not to be taken too seriously when it comes to money matters because that is seen as the male bastion." Read More
LONG CON “Parents’ sense of obligation towards their own children is exploited in this field.” Read More
A Tale Of Two Countries What a Stamp Says About Future Fertility Rates in the World’s Most Populous Countries China needs a young population; India has one. By Anubhuti Matta
Doesn't Pay To Work Government to Track the Value of Women’s Unpaid Housework A new survey aims to understand "how much time is spent in cooking and washing." By Angelina Shah
Bloody Crazy PMS Isn’t Insanity. But Menstrual Psychosis Is a Real Condition. A recent ruling by the Rajasthan High Court makes the distinction necessary. By Liesl Goecker
In Your Dreams Why We’re Drawn to Imaginary Worlds Imagination doesn't contribute to human survival. So, why do we do it? By Arathy Puthillam
Chill Out Bed Rest During Pregnancy Is a Common Prescription, But Does It Actually Help? Doctors say it's more about risk mitigation than actual treatment. By Anubhuti Matta
Pros And Cons Preimplantation Genetic Screening Doesn’t Increase Odds of Having a Baby The common procedure may make IVF more efficient, but not necessarily more successful. By The Swaddle Team
The Exception Not The Rule Indra Nooyi’s Legacy Is More About Trade‑offs Than Personal Achievements Her candid discussions of work-life balance were groundbreaking. By The Swaddle Team
One Step Back Parliament Enacts Death Sentence for Rape of Girls Under Twelve A bad idea that purports to combat rape culture just became a law that furthers it. By The Swaddle Team
Early Warning Scientists ID Chemicals in the Blood That May Predict Stillbirth Finding raises possibility of screening mechanism for preventing stillbirth. By Angelina Shah
The Missing When The Photographer Is Always Mom An old family photo, and present-day conversations, reveal women have been out of the picture for a very long time. By Awanthi Vardaraj
It Takes A Village Global Coordination Needed to Make Surrogacy Laws Work for All The complex web of pending regulation won't stop exploitation or simplify the process. By Herjeet Marway & Gulzaar Barn, The Conversation
The Buzz Cut Why We Look to Celebrities to Save, Advise Us — Even When They’re Wrong Plus, the rise of the Insta power couple, and a lot more, in this week's roundup. By The Swaddle Team
