We’re going trick or treating this weekend (on the 26th) and then again on the 31st, so we are in full on Halloween mode!

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

H E A L T H

California’s first surgeon general: Screen every student for childhood trauma via NBC News

PHOTOS: Why Lynsey Addario Has Spent 10 Years Covering Maternal Mortality via NPR

Childhood Obesity Is Rising ‘Shockingly Fast’ — Even In Poor Countries via NPR

We need to talk about postpartum rage—and why it happens via Motherly

Suicide is Gen Z’s second-leading cause of death, and it’s a worse epidemic than anything millennials faced at that age via Business Insider

Teen suicides are increasing at an alarming pace, outstripping all other age groups, a new report says via Washington Post

E D U C A T I O N

Micro-School Network Expands Learning Options via Forbes

How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience via KQED

More Chinese are home schooling their kids via The Economist

The Fight to Desegregate New York Schools via New York Times

Why Dictionaries Still Matter for Kids Today via Brightly

Bring Back Handwriting: It’s Good for Your Brain via Medium

Every Child Can Become a Lover of Books via The Atlantic

California Tells Schools to Start Later, Giving Teenagers More Sleep via NY Times

Teachers call to scrap school tests for children under eight in push for play-based learning via ABC

Students in high-achieving schools are now named an ‘at-risk’ group, study says via Washington Post

California governor signs three laws aimed at preventing bullying and suicides via CBS

P A R E N T I N G

The Childcare Crisis via Time

Gymboree is being revived in early 2020 via CNN

So You’ve Got a Little Headbanger via NY Times

I Didn’t Bond With My Baby Right Away via NY Times

A Simple Trick to Reset Your Post-Baby Budget via NY Times

Why Disney+ Will Win the Streaming Wars via Medium

The Key To Raising Brilliant Kids? Play A Game via NPR

Kellogg joins GLAAD for anti-bullying campaign with All Together cereal via CNN

How Unpredictable Work Hours Turn Families Upside Down via NY Times

Is It Creepy to Do Halloween After Your Kids Are Grown? via Wall Street Journal

Play v. Reading: How Flawed Thinking About Preschool Has Become Accepted Practice via Nancy Bailey