#Kids

The narrative that says poor women have more babies because they are 'jaahil' is maddening. Poor women have more babies because historically a large number of their kids didn't survive,
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1)Last winter, the high school where I work suffered a cluster of student death by suicide or drug overdose. 2)It was awful for the families and friends of those students
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2. Our union negotiated an almost entirely async day on Mondays. This allows for teachers to grade, prep, meet, and check in with kids. Honestly, I will miss it so
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My son WALKED to the Kindergarten.ONE MILE. He is ONE YEAR old.If you "need" to drive your kids by car, your city ist probably not a good place for them.YOU
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Last month, my son's daycare had a coronavirus outbreak. Another student in his class was positive. Then, my son vomited. I wanted to get him a COVID test.Even living in
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One of the things #ItsASin handles so well, especially in its final episodes: it doesn't let parents off the hook. "Oh we didn't know"; "they were different times". No, fuck
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The weird thing with this virus is that it’s not any safer now than it was in March when everything shut down. We could be free of cases right now
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I know y’all about to get annoyed with me. BUT. I’m seeing the TL talk about the dearth of black directors in the Criterion Collection. and I want to add
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What do I think of the Sick Kids recommendations on how to re-open Ontario schools amidst COVID-19?I’ve got an opinion on it.COVID-19 SCHOOL RE-OPENINGS. A THREAD. ... by an ONTARIO
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Hard (velocity/speed)is a relative term. When I hear a kid throws hard I always wonder, compared to who, bc I have MS kids that throw 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, &
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An Essay about something Irrelevant: Part 1Games are a pretty important thing to me, and that goes for pretty much for all gamers, but one thing that bugs me is
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Listen to science, and send kids back: A pediatrician on fear, risk and reality. Great article (and amazing work throughout this entire pandemic) by NYU Langone's Jen Lighter​ - Highlights
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you know there's a problem with the way writing is handled in schools run by boomers; when half of the kids have wrist pains and everyone only knows how to
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Everyone can think of something bad to say about virtual school. But I asked a group of 10k Black parents what did they like about it. Overwhelmingly, Black parents said
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It's heart-rending to see what goes on in online parenting groups. While the attitudes displayed are upsetting, it's worth considering why so many adults are turning to one another and
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As we get closer to schools reopening, I want to share the latest example of the uselessness of @RecParkSF ECYC "learning hubs", one of which kid #1 has been attending
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