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From Medium: A Credo for the Classroom
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Are COVID Reinfections As Common As They Seem?
From Slate: How Common Are COVID Reinfections?
Babies
No, Researchers Have Not Pinpointed the Cause of SIDS
From Slate: Despite What the News Write-Up Going Viral May Say
Kids
How It Became Taboo to Tell Your Kid ‘Good Job’
From Bloomberg: Praising children’s effort, not their outcome or ability, has become a parenting rule. It’s a sign of data-driven advice going too far
Adults
Roundup: Blast from the Past
My writing over the decades
Adults
Parenting Means Making a Million Decisions. Here's How to Choose Better.
From The New York Times: A Smarter Way to Make Decisions About Your Kids
Adults
The Most Successful Families Are Run Like Mini Companies
From Business Insider: An expert shares the best exercise to help parents get started.
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Fully Opening Schools is Urgent. Here's How to Do It.
From The New York Times:The new C.D.C. guidance for bringing children back to class is a good first step, but it’ll take more to safely teach every student in person, every day.
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How to Deal With People Who Ignore Covid Safety
From The New York Times: First, let’s assume that they are not necessarily going to listen.
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What Parents Need to Know About School Coronavirus Case Data
From The New York Times: Some reported cases come from districts that are operating fully remotely, or districts in which the cases occurred before school was open.
Kids
Put Your Children to Work
From The New York Times: Also: why some parents are giving their kids CBD.
Kids
Only Children Are Not Doomed
From The New York Times: Some parents think siblings make kids happier. Others say singletons are better off. Emily Oster looks at what the data says.
Birth
For Pregnant Women Who Are Scared of Hospitals Right Now, Is Switching to Home Birth Better?
From Slate: For Pregnant Women Who Are Scared of Hospitals Right Now, Is Switching to Home Birth Better?
Adults
How Much Does Diet Matter When You’re Breastfeeding?
From Elemental: There are many diet demands placed on nursing mothers. Here’s what the evidence says.
Adults
Do Men and Women Have Different Brains?
From The New York Times: Gender and Our Brains
Miscarriage
What to Expect When You Have a Miscarriage
From Elemental: A no-nonsense explainer on how common it is, what the experience is like, and the choices you face
Adults
Is Breast Really Best? I Looked at All the Data to Find Out
From The Guardian: Is Breast Really Best? I Looked at All the Data to Find Out
Adults
There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?
From The New York Times: Day-to-day individual choices matter less than we think, but national policies seem to matter a lot.
Toddlers
Is Your Toddler Straight-Up Refusing to Poop in the Toilet? Join the Club.
From Slate: The parenting horror known as stool toileting refusal is much more common than many people think.
Toddlers
Why Parents Panic Way Too Much Over Kids Who Learn to Walk Late
From Slate: Why Parents Panic Way Too Much Over Kids Who Learn to Walk Late
Kids
An Economist's Data-Backed Case for Vaccines
From Elemental: Why finger-wagging anti-vaxxers isn't enough
Babies
Nearly All Infants Lose Weight After They’re Born. So Why Do Hospitals Focus on It So Obsessively?
From Slate: Nearly All Infants Lose Weight After They’re Born. So Why Do Hospitals Focus on It So Obsessively?
Adults
We Need to Stop Shaming Women for Wanting (or Not Wanting) to Return to Work
From Fast Company: Motherhood and Work is an Individual Choice
Adults