News Roundup

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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…

  • NPR detailed how women over 30 are rewriting the single mom narrative.
  • The New York Times [gift link] reported that a Pennsylvania plant run by the company the formula company ByHeart was shut down this year after inspectors found mold, a leaking roof and more than 2,500 dead insects.
  • Parents explained what parents should know about the surge in hand, foot, and mouth disease.
  • Pew Research Center shared that as of 2023, 67% of the nation’s 12th graders say they’ll likely choose to get married someday, down from 80% in 1993, while another 24% say they don’t know if they’ll get married, up from 16%.
  • Harper’s explored the daycare affordability crisis.
  • Meanwhile, The 19th detailed how childcare workers are building a network of resistance against ICE.
  • The Washington Post provided a perimenopause quiz.
  • GQ noted that the trad wife movement is “sputtering.”
  • Your Laugh of the Week comes from McSweeney’s, with “Things My Tween’s Friends Probably Aren’t Saying During Their Sleepover at Our House.”

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