In November, Weekend Edition Saturday will air a series of stories focused on the impact of war on people thousands of miles from the battlefield — the parents, spouses and children struggling to cope. Host Scott Simon gets a preview from the project's supervising editor, Danyel ...

Deployments are usually hard on families. Spouses must become single parents for months on end, managing households with little outside help. These challenges become even more daunting for families with special needs children.

Pregnancy timeline - BBC News - Health
From fertilisation to birth, an outline guide to a typical pregnancy and how the baby develops inside the womb.

More and more women have had to become their family's primary source of income. But women still don't make as much money as men. When a woman becomes the breadwinner, her family must survive on less than half of their previous income.

Babies 'cry in mother's tongue' - BBC News - Health
German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.