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- U.S. Is Working to Recover Kidnapped Missionaries in Haiti October 18, 2021Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said the F.B.I. and the State Department are working to bring home a group of 17 missionaries and their children who were kidnapped by a Haitian gang.The Associated Press
- ‘History Will Not Be Kind to Senator Joe Manchin’ October 18, 2021Readers criticize Mr. Manchin as someone putting his interests ahead of the country’s. Also: Racial equity in child care; a civil conversation; social media.
- How to Prepare Your Kid for a Coronavirus Exposure at School October 18, 2021Because even classrooms with the strictest safety protocols might have to deal with some cases.Perri Klass, M.D.
- Anni Bergman, Therapist Who Listened to Children, Dies at 102 October 18, 2021She was part of a groundbreaking study that observed how very young children separated from their mothers. Late in life, she became a photographer’s muse.Penelope Green
- How Democrats Should Sell Themselves to Avoid Electoral Disaster October 17, 2021Sampling the responses to Ezra Klein’s column. Also: Children who’ve lost caregivers to Covid; an exercise ethic.
- Roblox, the Gaming Site, Wants to Grow Up Without Sacrificing Child Safety October 17, 2021The company, which went public earlier this year, has lessons for other internet outfits aiming to attract younger users even as its own audience gets older.Kellen Browning
- Instagram Struggles With Fears of Losing Its ‘Pipeline’: Young Users October 16, 2021The app, hailed as Facebook’s growth engine, has privately wrestled with retaining and engaging teenagers, according to internal documents.Sheera Frenkel, Ryan Mac and Mike Isaac
- Complaints Against Texas’ Juvenile Prisons Include Violence and Sex Abuse October 16, 2021The extensive allegations present a portrait of an environment inside the state’s juvenile prisons that is rife with physical attacks.Edgar Sandoval and Tim Arango
- Fright Lite October 15, 2021Four new picture books draw in young readers with ghosts, ghouls and vampires — not to scare them but to amuse them.Nick Bruel
- Money for Kindergartners, Spendable on College October 15, 2021New York City is giving every public school kindergartner $100 in a college savings account.James Barron