A little weekend reading for you in the form of some of the most interesting parenting links I’ve found around the web!
PREGNANCY & POSTPARTUM
On Pregnancy and Parenting with a Very Pregnant Ali Wong via Netflix
Biologists Just Busted this Long-Standing Sex Myth via IFL Science
Having a Boy? It Could Mean You’re at a Higher Risk for Pregnancy Complications via Fit Pregnancy and Baby
Fertility Boost Through ‘Energy Test’ via BBC News
Behind the Baby-Friendly Hospital Practice That Not All Moms Love via The Huffington Post
PARENTING
Why Men Want to Marry Melanias and Raise Ivankas via The New York Times
I Thought I Knew Everything About Autism-Until it Hit My Own Son via The Week
Are You Raising Nice Kids? A Harvard Psychologist Gives 5 Ways to Raise Them to be Kind via The Washington Post
When a Child Thinks Life is Unfair, Use Game Theory via The New York Times
How Not to Name Your Kids, Five Golden Rules via The Guardian
Parents, Stop Giving Goodie Bags to Other Plane Passengers to Apologize for Your Kids via Slate
How to Take Your Kids Out to Eat and Actually Enjoy the Experience via The Wall Street Journal
35 Gifts Your Children Will Never Forget via Becoming Minimalist
Barbie’s Got a New Body-and Now Mattel is Tackling Her Other Big Image Problem via The Washington Post
10 Insights of Remarkable Parents from a Family Therapist via Parent.co
A Manifesto Against ‘Parenting’ via The Wall Street Journal
How Silence Can Breed Prejudice: A Child Development Professor Explains How and Why to Talk to Kids About Race via The Washington Post
I Fear My 14-Year-Old Son Will Kill Me One Day via The Guardian
On Kids and Screens, a Middle Way Between Fear and Hype via NPR Ed
The People Taking Care of Our Kids Live in Poverty via The Washington Post
EDUCATION
My Wife and I Never Said No to our Kids and This is What Happened via Huff Post
The 10 States with the Worst School Systems via Popsugar
How Mrs. Clinton Would Pay Tuition Bills via The New York Times
Amazon Brings PBS Kids Programming to Prime via Mashable
HEALTH
Thumb Suckers and Nail Biters May Develop Fewer Allergies via The New York Times
Kinder Chocolate ‘Contain Dangerous Levels of Likely Carcinogens via Independent
HUMAN INTEREST
This Mom Shared a Hilariously Real Photo of What It’s Like to Give Birth via Buzzed News
This Daughter Tries to Remind Her Mother with Alzheimer’s Who She is via Xlive Africa
For The Record via The Huffington Post
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this roundup!
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Having a boy could mean higher risks—yes, because pregnant women need more to worry about. 🙄🙄🙄
blogger / apricot / 310 posts
That nail biter/thumb sucker article was perfectly timed as Will has transitioned from a fingers in mouth to full time nail biter over here. Ha! And that NYT article about men want to… was an interesting read in our house earlier this week too
grapefruit / 4045 posts
Interesting that you would post a post a political article about trump that is disgusting enough to call his daughter his “surrogate spouse”. That completely grosses me out.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@agold: the links are not reflective of my political stance, and i just thought it was an interesting article!
blogger / kiwi / 675 posts
I love these links each week there is a lot of interesting info in these thank you!