Philosophers Mary Midgley and Judith Hughes have observed: “Individualism, like salt, is a very good and necessary thing. . . . But how about a diet of salt alone? . . . Unmitigated individualism is a ...

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Jason Mayden [Photo: courtesy A Kids Company About] On top of all of that, he’s one of the proudest fathers I’ve ever met, and our conversations over the years have centered as much around his ...

In the "futuristic" dystopian sci-fi novel Brave New World, children were created ("bred") according to an intellectual caste system that dictated their futures. Most readers agreed this was a very ...

Eugenio Perazza just wanted a desk for his 2-year-old granddaughter, Anna, a budding artist. But Perazza, the owner of the Italian furniture-design firm Magis, couldn't find any well-made, modern kids ...

At age 3, Malcolm Rae Radboy has a fashion game stronger than most guys 10 times his age. Driven by what his dad, the creative director Babak Radboy, describes as his “butch” personality, his uniform ...

Subscription services have their eye on your kids. Designer clothes and niche meal-plan delivery services are becoming increasingly available to the pint-sized crowd for parents with deep pockets.