News Roundup
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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- Emily Oster’s newsletter addressed two key issues regarding car seat safety: front vs. rear facing, and booster seats for older kids.
- Intelligencer described how some parents of younger children are searching for breast milk from vaccinated women.
- The New York Times detailed how to recognize depression in young kids.
- Parents reported that that the Girl Scouts of the USA has launched anti-racist programming to make sure troops are welcoming for all girls.
- Ms. Magazine explained why the stimulus package is a big win for working parents — and an opportunity to rebuild our child care system.
- Scary Mommy rounded up lots of closet organization tips, just in time for spring cleaning.
- Romper shared a piece by a mom who wrote about finding her mom group on an Animal Crossing Discord.
- Today’s Parent shared some fun new ways to do Easter egg hunts.
- Your Laugh of the Week comes from The Belladonna Comedy, with “So You’re Having a Geriatric Pregnancy.”
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On Corporette Recently…
- We rounded up the best comfortable flats for work.
- We shared the best no-show underwear.
- We talked about how often we wash workwear and other clothes.
- We asked readers about examples of the Peter Principle that they’ve seen at work.
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Scary Mommy also had an article on when the parents are vaccinated but the kids aren’t:
https://www.scarymommy.com/im-vaccinated-but-my-kids-arent-whats-safe-for-our-family-to-do/
And this Twitter thread from a Boston nurse is the most comprehensive gathering of sources on Covid risks for kids that I have seen yet. Warning, though, that this thread focuses on risks of Covid for kids, which are thankfully rare but not zero, and that this thread is probably only useful if you want to find out more about the risks to help make a decision. Be kind to yourself and don’t read just to scare yourself if your family has already determined risk tolerance for the choices that work for you for this summer.
https://twitter.com/ErinSandersNP/status/1378005929082425347?s=20
I don’t usually read parenting information from the NYTimes because I feel like it’s designed to pathologize and catastrophize normal kid behavior. It isnt until deep into the article about depression that they mention that kids should show symptoms for two weeks. And that’s after saying the young kids tantruming every day is a sign of depression.
I certainly don’t want parents to miss the signs of depression but it’s so rare and lots of tantrums are really common.