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Johanna Duncan | April 2, 2026

Why Do We Have So Many Limiting Beliefs Around Babies?

When Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm announced she was expecting her ninth baby, the internet reacted in a way that has become strangely predictable. Not with curiosity, nor with celebration, and certainly not with the kind of awe previous generations might have felt toward a thriving, growing family. Instead, the...

Johanna Duncan | March 19, 2026

What the Scientist Who Discovered Down Syndrome Wanted the World to Understand

When a family first hears the words “Your child has Down syndrome,” the moment can feel overwhelming. Questions come quickly: What does this mean for our child’s future? What challenges will they face? What kind of life will they live? Yet many parents later describe a surprising truth: the diagnosis...

Johanna Duncan | March 12, 2026

The Human Cost of China’s One-Child Experiment

For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has insisted that its population control policies were necessary, pragmatic, even benevolent. The world was told this was a worthwhile sacrifice for economic stability. The program was always sold to the public as a hard but rational solution to poverty and overpopulation. But beneath...