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To be a kid in America

Michelle Sotero (UNLV): The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Subsequent Injury in Young Adulthood: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health. Michelle Chen on how childcare actually causes poverty in America (and more). Joe Pinsker on how rich people raise rich kids: Even when they’re adopted, the children of the wealthy grow up to be just as well-off as their parents. Zara Zhang on the tiger daughter, intact. Want tall, smart children? Find an exotic stranger. Claire Cain Miller on the mounting evidence of advantages for children of working mothers. Brigid Schulte on why parents should stop hoping their kids will get married. The children of strangers: Sue and Hector Badeau adopted twenty children who needed a home — but there were always more. Toddlers have sense of justice, puppet study shows. Is TV for toddlers really that bad? Livia Gershon investigates. There’s never been a safer time to be a kid in America.