children

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In this week’s Don’t Short Yourself newsletter, Beth Pinsker shared her experience negotiating lower university tuition costs for her children, along with additional tips on how to pay for higher education.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

She told police she had learnt how to wrap and swaddle babies on the job and had no formal training in how to put children down to sleep.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Mary Kay excelled in high school but eloped at age 16 with her first husband, Julius Ben Rogers, and gave birth to two children in rapid succession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Her 80-year-old mother, she added, “still works taking care of little children to cover life’s expenses.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

For on top of everything, the human children would come to the edge of Clare’s wood.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman