Just one more day until we’re in a new decade! Despite making and breaking the same New Year’s resolutions every year, I’m hopeful that 2020 will finally be the year I keep them! One that will be easy to keep is starting a memory jar to record throughout the year and read on New Year’s Eve!

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

H E A L T H

A Sleep Reset for the New Year via New York Times

When Your Friend Is Pregnant and Depressed via New York Times

Another Benefit to Going to Museums? You May Live Longer via New York Times

Vaping on Campus: No Parents, No Principals, a Big Problem via New York Times

What You’re Unwrapping When You Get a DNA Test for Christmas via New York Times

The Unexpected Freedom That Comes With Freezing Your Eggs via New York Times

Congress Approves Raising Age to 21 for E-Cigarette and Tobacco Sales via New York Times

Get vaccinated or don’t come back to school, officials tell Seattle public school students via ABC News

E D U C A T I O N

The Best Audiobooks for Road Trips with Kids via New York Times

Kindergarten Teachers Are Quitting, and Here Is Why via Psychology Today

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school via BBC

Dav Pilkey Is PW’s Person of the Year for 2019 via Publisher’s Weekly

A Defense of Cursive, From a 10-Year-Old National Champion via New York Times

Best-selling children’s author Mo Willems on sparking creativity and joy via PBS

Virginia School District To Give Students One Day Off Per Year For ‘Civic Engagement’ via NPR

P A R E N T I N G

The Case of the Angry Daughter via New York Times

New Years Rituals for Families via Aha Parenting

Why You Should Teach Your Kids to Cook via Time

Helping Children Understand Death via New York Times

When the Surgeon Is a Mom via New York Times

The Birds And The Bees — How To Talk To Children About Sex via NPR

If in doubt, let them out — children have the right to play via The Conversation

The Agony and Ecstasy of a 12-Hour Road Trip With 2 Small Kids via New York Times

It’s science: Giving experiences instead of toys boosts your kid’s intelligence + happiness via Motherly

Beyond “You’re So Cute”: 30 Questions to Ask Little Girls This Holiday Season via A Mighty Girl

Want to Raise a High-Achieving Kid? Talk to Your Toddler Like This via Fatherly

In Nearly Every U.S. Metro Area, New Data Show Opportunity Lags For Kids Of Color via NPR