Here comes the beat: Moms prefer giving birth to songs by Coldplay and The Beatles, new data says

Here comes the beat: Moms prefer giving birth to songs by Coldplay and The Beatles, new data says

Turns out, the miracle of life has a killer playlist. According to a new analysis of thousands of Spotify birth-themed playlists, Coldplay, The Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Fleetwood Mac are the go-to artists helping moms push through the pain — and into parenthood. The baby stroller brand iCandy just took a spin through Spotify — … Read more

Influencer couple’s ‘ridculous’ baby name sparks backlash: ‘Are celebrities pranking us?’

Influencer couple’s ‘ridculous’ baby name sparks backlash: ‘Are celebrities pranking us?’

A British influencer couple have sparked confusion after revealing their newborn baby’s name – with some branding it “ridiculous” as others cast doubt over whether it was even real. Corey and Lea, a couple from Wales who have risen to fame on TikTok with their food vlogs, recently welcomed their first baby. And after weeks of speculation, the new … Read more

This parenting hack has prevented 60,000 kids from developing peanut allergies in the last decade

This parenting hack has prevented 60,000 kids from developing peanut allergies in the last decade

Peanuts for prevention. New research suggests that medical advice introduced a decade ago has successfully helped 60,000 children avoid this life-threatening allergy. “I can actually come to you today and say there are fewer kids with food allergy today than there would have been if we hadn’t implemented this public health effort,” said Dr. David … Read more

Exclusive | Meet Linus, the adorable vending machine king of Brooklyn building a boffo secret brand — at just 8 years old

Exclusive | Meet Linus, the adorable vending machine king of Brooklyn building a boffo secret brand — at just 8 years old

He’s the new vending machine king of Brooklyn — and Linus Piepmeyer hasn’t even finished the third grade. What began as a lesson about the value of money — and savings — has become a minor sensation on one block in Boerum Hill, where the 8-year-old boy with an artist’s eye has been hawking homemade Big Apple-themed buttons … Read more

Social media is rotting kids’ brains — and especially hurting their memory and vocabulary: study

Social media is rotting kids’ brains — and especially hurting their memory and vocabulary: study

It might finally be time to set those parental controls. New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their brainpower. The study out of UC San Francisco found that children who spend more time on the apps scored lower on reading, vocabulary … Read more

Jennifer Aniston explains ‘selfish’ reason why she never adopted children despite fertility struggles

Jennifer Aniston explains ‘selfish’ reason why she never adopted children despite fertility struggles

Jennifer Aniston has never been interested in adoption. The “Friends” alum, 56, appeared on the new episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast and opened up about her unsuccessful journey to having kids, admitting that she feels “peaceful” with not being a mom. “But I will say there’s a point where it’s like out of my … Read more

Long Island teen golfer runs putt challenge for hospital that saved his life as a baby: ‘My duty to return the favor’

Long Island teen golfer runs putt challenge for hospital that saved his life as a baby: ‘My duty to return the favor’

He’s paying them back with each putt. A Long Island high school golfer with a deeper calling has hit a hole in one — raising $700,000 and counting for the hospital that saved his life as an infant. “They saved me, so it’s my duty to return the favor,” Skylar Friedman, 17, told The Post. … Read more

Exclusive | How my nonverbal autistic son began speaking at age 8 — he’d understood everything for years and had some complaints

Exclusive | How my nonverbal autistic son began speaking at age 8 — he’d understood everything for years and had some complaints

Nathaniel Schnier had notes — years’ worth of them. Having spent much of his childhood barely able to mutter more than a few words at a time, the young boy began speaking in full sentences at age 8. His first order of business? Setting the record straight. “He had a laundry list of everything that … Read more

Dear Abby: Should I attend my friend’s mom’s funeral when she dies?

Dear Abby: Should I attend my friend’s mom’s funeral when she dies?

DEAR ABBY: My close friend “Annie” came to my father’s funeral. She had met him only a couple of times. While I realized she was doing it to be there for me, I felt responsible for her since she knew no one there. I had her sit with me, but I was trying to deal … Read more

I’m a doctor — here are 3 things I wish every parent knew about fevers

I’m a doctor — here are 3 things I wish every parent knew about fevers

Fevers are frightening for both our little ones and us as parents. But according to Dr. Katie, an emergency doctor who’s seen it all, there are a few things she wishes every parent understood about treating them. Parents worrying about their child’s temperature is something she sees all too often, so she’s taken to TikTok to help ease … Read more

Diane Keaton’s son Duke, 25, subtly honors late mom in first sighting since her death

Diane Keaton’s son Duke, 25, subtly honors late mom in first sighting since her death

Diane Keaton’s son, Duke, is grieving his late mom. The 25-year-old was seen in public for the first time since the legendary actress died at age 79 on Saturday. Duke was photographed leaving Diane’s Los Angeles home on Sunday, wearing all black and carrying a backpack on his shoulders. Duke Keaton outside his late mother’s … Read more

RFK Jr. says circumcisions linked to autism — here’s the truth behind the shocking claim

RFK Jr. says circumcisions linked to autism — here’s the truth behind the shocking claim

In his search to identify the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. floated a shocking theory this week that links infant circumcision and Tylenol use to autism. “There’s two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they were … Read more

This 33-pound baby is so big he’s accused of being AI-generated: ‘People stop me on the street’

This 33-pound baby is so big he’s accused of being AI-generated: ‘People stop me on the street’

Baby’s a big botty.  Chloe Sutton, a married mom of a 19-month-old, is being accused of falsifying her son’s hefty, 33-pound physique with artificial intelligence for social media clout.  “[There are] a lot of people thinking he is AI — he’s not AI,” Sutton, 25, from Australia, swore to a doubting digital audience of over 8.1 … Read more

Mom gives birth to a whopping 13-pound baby boy, smashing hospital record: ‘How many years was he in there?’

Mom gives birth to a whopping 13-pound baby boy, smashing hospital record: ‘How many years was he in there?’

She broke the internet — and a hospital record. New mom Shelby Martin has gone viral after giving birth to the biggest baby to be born at Nashville’s TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital in more than three years. The Tennessean has shared several photos and videos of her adorable newborn boy, named Cassian, who weighed in … Read more

No age limit or medical checks on children seeking gender switch under proposed new law

No age limit or medical checks on children seeking gender switch under proposed new law

The new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 is stirring controversy by proposing that kids can legally pick their gender at any age — no doctors, no red tape. Under the draft plan, age thresholds for gender recognition would vanish, and the need for therapeutic assessments could be outlawed.  The Commission’s proposal promises to “support the development … Read more

Jennifer Aniston opens up about 20-year journey to have kids: ‘They didn’t know my story’

Jennifer Aniston opens up about 20-year journey to have kids: ‘They didn’t know my story’

Not everything was picture perfect. Jennifer Aniston is getting candid on her prior years-long fertility journey and how wrong the narrative really was. The actress, 56, was married to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005, before rumors started swirling during their divorce that the pair split because Aniston prioritized her career over having a baby. … Read more

NYC sues Facebook, Google, TikTok claiming social media is addicting kids, harming mental health

NYC sues Facebook, Google, TikTok claiming social media is addicting kids, harming mental health

New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media. Wednesday’s 327-page complaint in Manhattan federal court seeks damages from Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Google and YouTube owner Alphabet, Snapchat owner Snap and TikTok … Read more

Hidden infection kills millions of kids every year — here are symptoms parents need to look out for

Hidden infection kills millions of kids every year — here are symptoms parents need to look out for

Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis among children is a very difficult and elusive problem for physicians to diagnose and treat, with almost 10% of cases being … Read more

Gen Zs resurrect Y2K-era hack to rebel against school cell phone bans: ‘Can’t silence us’

Gen Zs resurrect Y2K-era hack to rebel against school cell phone bans: ‘Can’t silence us’

Students banding together against the ban  — in the most millennial way possible.  Displeased Gen Zs are keeping the lines of communication open amid new cell phone bans in schools, chatting with one another via Google Docs on their laptops as a substitute for text messaging.  “A bunch of high school kids are creating a Google … Read more

Employees are being forced back to the office – and it’s impacting remote workers’ baby boom

Employees are being forced back to the office – and it’s impacting remote workers’ baby boom

Forget fertility treatments — your home office might be the ultimate baby factory.  A new study finds that couples who work from home, even just a day or two a week, are popping out more kids than their office-bound peers.  “Work from home, make a baby” might sound like a meme, but researchers say it … Read more