As summer break begins in the US, vacation is winding down for us here — school starts for Olive on July 1st. But I’m looking forward to getting back into a routine after a busy summer where I was sick for a 1/3, we spent 1/3 in the US, and now we’re trying to squeeze in as much beach time as we can in the final 1/3!

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smoothie bowls and Scrabble for breakfast

Here are some interesting parenting links from around the web this week!

HEALTH 

What Makes Women Strong? via Medium

How Safe is Sunscreen? via New York Times

How Doctors Can Stop Stigmatizing — And Start Helping — Kids With Obesity via NPR

Children as old as 12 can benefit from an afternoon nap via World Economic Forum

How early-life challenges affect how children focus, face the day via University of Michigan

Periods! Why These 8th-Graders Aren’t Afraid To Talk About Them via NPR

FDA Confirms Toxic Nonstick Cookware Chemicals Are Contaminating Our Food and Water Supply via Better Homes and Gardens

Doctors Are Warning All Grillers To Throw Away Their Wire BBQ Brushes via Diply

Why is the USDA downplaying good news about this Obama-era school nutrition program? via Washington Post

EDUCATION

All The Free Stuff Kids Can Get For Having Good Grades via Don’t Waste Your Money

Barnes and Noble is Giving Kids Free Books this Summer via Kids Activities Blog

How I Taught My Kid to Read via The Atlantic

100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Kids via FEE

Better Schools Won’t Fix America. Like many rich Americans, I used to think educational investment could heal the country’s ills—but I was wrong. Fighting inequality must come first. via The Atlantic

College Enrollments Fall Again, With Some Notable Exceptions via Wall Street Journal

50 Years Young: How The Music Of ‘Sesame Street’ Keeps Up With The Times via NPR

Belief in Learning Styles Myth May Be Detrimental via American Psychological Association

Does the Finnish education system have it right? via The Asian Parent

PARENTING

‘Self-care’ is not enough to fix how much moms are burnt out via Motherly

50 awesome experience gifts to give—instead of toys via Motherly

How (and When) to Limit Kids’ Tech Use via New York Times

The Myth That Babies Look More Like Their Dads via The Atlantic

The Key to Helping a Perfectionist Child Is The Opposite of What You’d Think via The Military Wife and Mom

Becoming Parents to Ourselves via New York Times

What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew via Child Mind

Should Eighth-Graders Be Throwing Parties Without Parents Present? via Slate

I spent 7 years studying Dutch parenting—here are 6 secrets to raising the happiest kids in the world via CNBC

Experts Say Kids Should be Bored in the Summer via Kids Activities Blog

Call It A Vulva: Why We Should Teach Kids Anatomical Terms For Genitals via A Mighty Girl

Here are the most popular baby names of 2019 so far via Insider

How Successful Are the Marriages of People With Divorced Parents? via The Atlantic

A Letter to My Son About Being a ‘Model Minority’ via The Everymom