DADWAGON

This weekend, the Times brought us the staggering story of Yitta Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary who died last week at 93. Mrs. Schwartz, a member of the Satmar Hasidim, had eighteen children, fifteen of whom lived to adulthood. Those fifteen, by and large, were as fecund as their mother, and the Hasidim tend [...]

It’s pretty easy to get worked up about the whole natural vs. drug-addledaided childbirth debate—or so I heard recently somewhere. But it’s also a subject that makes for potent video humor. Up first is a familiar question: “Are Birth Classes Worth It for Dads?,” from the brilliant, highly professional dudes at DadLabs.com. (And I’m not [...]

There is nothing I like more than being asked how I think other people should behave, especially when no one will ever expect me to behave that way. So, in addition to having laboring mothers take drugs (or not, it doesn’t really matter), I want: Editors to just take my word for it Everyone in [...]

There’s a heated discussion over at WaPo’s On Parenting blog. The topic: should dads be invited into the delivery room? One Gallic OB/GYN, Michel Odent, told the BBC he thinks not: “Having been involved for more than 50 years in childbirths in homes and hospitals in France, England and Africa, the best environment I know [...]