News Roundup

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

  • The 19th looked at why the U.S. is still the only wealthy nation without a national, guaranteed paid leave policy.
  • Meanwhile, The New York Times described how big job cuts in the tech world affect parents.
  • Planet Money explored the “very weird, very broken market for day care” — and a few potential solutions.
  • Culture Study reviewed the results of a large survey on American parenting from the Pew Research Center.
  • The Washington Post explored what money means to kids in an age of things like Venmo and Greenlight.
  • Romper explained the difference between postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.
  • CNN reported that the Florida High School Athletic Association will remove all questions about menstruation from medical forms required for students to participate in sports.
  • BBC Travel highlighted the best countries to raise children — and to be a child.
  • Your Laugh of the Week comes from McSweeney’s, with “Our New AP African-American Studies Course Will Cover Black History from January 1996 to December 1996.”

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