Homicide is the leading cause of death for young black men in Philly. What should we do?

We spoke with five community leaders to get their ideas for solutions.

Bryce and Kayla Harper are having a baby, due in August

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Philly raised little man will be!💯👶🏼 #BabyHarper

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This Philly dad and Wharton grad created the ‘Warby Parker of strollers’

Want to pay $300 instead of $1,500 for a top-market baby carriage? Colugo has your number.

Gritty doesn’t sleep and other lessons from a fifth-grader

Mia Fagone, 10, interviewed the Flyers mascot for a homework assignment.

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While it’s not skin-to-skin contact between mother and child, the lactation program at Riverside Correctional Facility aims to achieve some of the same psychological and health benefits ascribed to breastfeeding

Old City’s National Liberty Museum is hosting kid-friendly ‘GiveBack Workshops’ every month this year

This Philly ‘mompreneur’ invented a system to make breast milk cooling easy

Think S'well bottle, but for pumping.

‘P is for Pterodacytl’ is a new kids book by Philly rapper Lushlife

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A father’s ode to Phillies baseball, where high hopes soldier on

As the season slid away, Mike Wang and his son forged a bond.

Billy Penn Events

The Broke in Philly resource fair for after school activities is happening now in Southwest Philadelphia

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Philly’s opioid crisis

Bucks County’s prosecution of a mother whose infant died after breastfeeding could have far-reaching implications for Philly’s opioid crisis

Sheriff Jewell Williams won’t say how much his office spends to conduct sweeps on ‘deadbeat dads,’ a practice critics call ineffective and destabilizing

‘Adventure playgrounds’ are on the rise. A Philly architect’s report showed they’re cheaper, attract more people and are safer than standard US play areas.

Of the 151 largest cities in the U.S., only Philly and NYC have laws protecting working mothers’ right to breastfeed

Philly Loves Breastfeeding is new city website dedicated to idea that ‘feeding your baby is normal’

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30 Philly moms staged a ‘Big Latch’ breastfeeding session in Franklin Square

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Dozens of parents in Philadelphia say the state Dept. of Human Services is corrupt and unjustly removes children from homes

Philly’s opioid crisis

The opioid epidemic is a big contributor to the more than 100,000 PA kids being raised by grandparents or other relatives

Bring your kids to the Verizon store at 15th and Walnut on Saturday if you want them to learn how to design emojis

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PA foster families would get a $500 tax credit if this bill becomes law

It's being put forth by Rep. Tarah Toohil, who had 42 (!) foster siblings.