Business Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. That's not good for children, says progressive economist Melissa Kearney in her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege. Pallavi Gogoi
Health So your tween wants a smartphone? Read this first When's the right time to start your child with a phone? Is 12 too young? Here's what a professional screen time consultant tells parents about the risks kids face online. Michaeleen Doucleff
Government About the gun that killed a boy at Seattle’s Ingraham High School This is the story of a gun. It begins with a 14-year-old boy showing it off. It ends with another boy dying in a high school hallway. Isolde Raftery Ashley Hiruko
Business How to lose money if you’re a working woman? Have kids Working women stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of their careers compared to their male counterparts. The median salary gap between men and women is particularly dramatic in Washington state. Monica Nickelsburg
Crime Teens are using 3D printers to make guns in Seattle area In February, a SeaTac mother called police after she found a firearm in her 13-year-old son’s bed. Ashley Hiruko
Arts & Life 'Sam Now' explores the emotional toll of maternal abandonment A Seattle filmmaker spent over 25 years chronicling the effects of maternal abandonment on his younger half-brother. That journey has been released as a new documentary called "Sam Now." Libby Denkmann Sarah Leibovitz
Health KUOW's Swimming Upstream KUOW's three-part series "Swimming Upstream" details the mental health-focused journey of one Seattle-area family through crisis. Liz Jones
Health Reporter's notebook: tending to childhood scars in a pandemic, both old and new I knew I needed to rope my dad into an uncomfortable conversation — uncomfortable for me, anyway. I wanted to ask him to fill out a questionnaire about his ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences. Liz Jones
Health For moms in recovery, these home visitors offer a lifeline Toni Gardner is the type of person who will set up a lawn chair outside the hotel room of someone with a drug addiction, then wait for hours for a foot in the door to connect. Liz Jones
Health A family’s newfound resolve is tested — again: Swimming Upstream After a major setback, a family’s will to keep up life-saving routines is put to the test. Liz Jones