We just got back from visiting a friend’s family farm on another island in the Philippines. This is such a beautiful country with diverse landscapes including oceans every shade of blue, jungles, mountains and volcanoes!
Here are some interesting parenting links from around the web this week!
H E A L T H
The Impact of Racism on Children’s Health via New York Times
What3words: The app that can save your life via BBC
Air Pollution May Be As Harmful To Your Lungs As Smoking Cigarettes, Study Finds via NPR
Eating more gluten early in life is tied to children’s higher risk of celiac disease, a study says via CNN
Can Maternal Fluoride Consumption During Pregnancy Lower Children’s Intelligence? via NPR
Why Warning Pregnant Women Not to Drink Can Backfire via New York Times
I Help People Recover From Disordered Eating. Don’t Give Your Child This App. via New York Times
E D U C A T I O N
The Importance of Picture Books via Psychology Today
The Urgent Need for Anti-Racist Education via Education Week
To Really Learn, Our Children Need the Power of Play via Wall Street Journal
Push for Ethnic Studies in Schools Faces a Dilemma: Whose Stories to Tell via New York Times
Libraries’ Culture Pass Signs Up 70,000 in First Year via New York Times
‘Greta effect’ leads to boom in children’s environmental books via The Guardian
School sends kids to meditation instead of detention, with amazing results via Enlightened Consciousness
P A R E N T I N G
Battle Hymn of the #Boymom via Jezebel
‘They’ Is Here To Stay. Get Over It via WBUR
Your first day of school is a first for me, too via Motherly
How Daughtering Prepared Me for Mothering via New York Times
Why Many Pre-Teen Boys Are Having Sex via Psychology Today
What’s Happening In Your Brain When You Forget Your Kid In The Car via Huffpost
Alexis Ohanian: Paternity Leave Was Crucial After the Birth of My Child, and Every Father Deserves It via New York Times
This is why moms breastfeed on flights and in public … not that we should have to explain via USA Today
Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell – review via The Guardian
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Thanks again so much for these!
I really stopped to think about the #boymom article. The author is absolutely right to question that focus on gender and I am guilty of it. I try so hard otherwise not to ascribe to gender stereotyping but I definitely feel the subtle pride the author describes in being one of the #boymom gang. Food for thought for sure.