Kevin Noble Maillard has written a fascinating piece for the Atlantic about Christopher Emanuel, a South Carolina man who struggled to gain custody of his daughter after her mother gave her up for adoption without telling him about it. The story exposes some major flaws in the adoption system that stem, in large part, from the knotty question of how to find balance between father's rights and the well-being of children in a world where many fathers refuse to take responsibility.

“It is, after all, not necessary to fly right into the middle of the sun, but it is necessary to crawl to a clean little spot on earth where the sun sometimes shines and one can warm oneself a little.”

Parents are afraid to let children fail, so children never learn resilience.

Seems that a lot of new parents are fans of Frozen. The girls' name "Elsa" is listed as the 286th most popular name in the United States for the first time in over 97 years (since 1917), and it's no surprise that the insanely popular Disney film probably has something to do with it. The data was released by the Social Security Administration, and showed that 1,131 girls were named Elsa in 2014, up from 528 the year before.

Universal child care is becoming a central pillar of the liberal agenda — one that, if it is ever realized, could take its place alongside some of the great progressive reforms of the 20th Century, and possibly the Affordable Care Act, as a defining achievement of the Democratic Party.

Stop snickering, there really is such an animal. Granted, finding one is as easy as locating a Kardashian who doesn’t have a live-in camera crew, but we do exist.

A letter from a daughter to her mother on their fight over the revelation that the daughter no longer believes.

As America becomes more secular — 23 percent of us are Nones, according to the most recent Pew Research figures — it’s becoming increasingly important that religious parents talk to their kids about us. Religious kids need to be introduced to nonreligious concepts, ideas and people so that they, too, can build literacy and tolerance for the nonbelievers in their midst.

The ability to sequence a full genome cheaply poses some ethical concerns.

In December 2014 I reported on the Guatemala kidnapping of Anyeli Liseth Hernández and her US adoption by Timothy and Jennifer Monahan of Liberty Missouri who named the child Karen Abigail.

On celebrating mistakes and never considering oneself "smart."

The FDA is ramping up its examination of safety concerns surrounding the use of cough syrups containing codeine for children under the age of 12. An announcement posted on the regulatory agency’s website on Wednesday highlighted its concerns: “We are evaluating all available information and will also consult with external experts by convening an advisory.

Tom Cruise to leave the Church of Scientology for his daughter? Insiders are revealing Tom is over the church telling him what he can and can't do when it comes to Suri Cruise -- he plans to break free from Scientology to watch Suri grow up in peace.

ANTI-VAXXERS have become notorious for their hard-line stance against vaccinating children, and now another worrying new trend is starting to emerge.

California’s anti-vaxxers will no longer be able send their unvaccinated kids to school, if a bill passed by the State Assembly gets signed into law. The just-approved bill closes the loophole allowing parents to not vaccinate their child due to personal beliefs.

LATEST: Eight other children were found to be carrying diphtheria bacteria.

We all want to support atheist youth, but have to be cautious about providing advice when we know little about someone's circumstances.

Was a Utah man so high on drugs that he didn't realize his wife killed six of their babies and stored them in their garage?

New research by professors at Brigham Young University revealed that even additional parental warmth does not undo the negative consequences of “helicopter” parenting.