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The pandemic put adult pressures on many young girls last year, new report finds
3 min · · Between increased caregiving responsibilities and lost access to school-based resources, young Black and brown girls have struggled since March 2020. · Shared by 8, including Rachel Perrone
The Washington Post
Opinion | Want more people to have kids? Treat trying to have children as a right worth protecting.
· Forced sterilization is vile. Guilting supposedly fit parents into having kids they can't afford is ineffective. We can do better. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
rewirenewsgroup.com
Editor's Note: Reimagine Motherhood
2 min · · Imagine if we talked more about how abortion makes parenting possible. · Shared by 6, including Rewire News
The New York Times
Opinion | A New Deal, This Time for Everyone
5 min · · The Biden administration’s plans would allow millions of American women to decide whether to work outside the home. · Shared by 10, including Rachel Perrone
The Washington Post
Perspective | Conservatives say they want to help ‘parents’ stay home. They mean mothers.
· Gender-neutral language sounds like progress. But look at the policy ideas. · Shared by 7, including Rachel Perrone
TIME
If Biden Wants to Help America's Kids, He Should Call for Free Camp
3 min · · Implementing a national free summer camp is more affordable than it might sound. · Shared by 10
thelily.com
Long-term caregiving is crushing women’s finances. These states could chart a new path.
10 min · · Washington and Hawaii are among the few states that have designed programs to relieve such pressures. · Shared by 8, including Rachel Perrone
Ms. Magazine
Why Caregiving Is Key to Biden’s American Jobs and Families Plan
3 min · · If we do not build out our care infrastructure and open up physical infrastructure jobs to women, we will exclude half of our work force from the opportunities that will shape our economic future,… · Shared by 5
The New York Times
A New Benefit Raises an Old Question: Which Mothers Should Work?
7 min · · A groundbreaking child allowance stirs a debate among Republicans between promoting work and promoting traditional families. · Shared by 20, including Scott Santens, Claire Cain Miller, Emily Badger
thelily.com
The system was never designed for working moms
3 min · · It’s broken and it’s not our fault · Shared by 5, including Rachel Perrone
The New York Times
The ‘Rage Moms’ Democrats Are Counting On
8 min · · As millions of American families face an uncertain start to the school year, the anger of women who find themselves expected to be teacher, caregiver, employee and parent is fueling a political… · Shared by 29, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Jenna Johnson, Rachel Perrone
The New York Times
Families Priced Out of ‘Learning Pods’ Seek Alternatives
7 min · · Should public school systems provide teachers for small-group instruction? · Shared by 15, including Rachel Perrone, Larry Ferlazzo
The New York Times
In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.
12+ min · · Our struggle is not an emotional concern. We are not burned out. We are being crushed by an economy that has bafflingly declared working parents inessential. · Shared by 184, including Scott Galloway, Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, Kashmir Hill, Dr. Simon A. Rego, David Madden, Pete Skomoroch, Alexandra Lange, Chris Fralic, Tiffany Shlain, Dr Skye Cleary, Bethany Brookshire, Joshua Benton, Mathew Ingram, Farnoosh Torabi 🙋🏻♀️, Sarah Kliff, Kara Swisher, BethAnn, Virginia Hughes, Duena Blomstrom, Elad Gil
The Washington Post
Yes balancing work and parenting is impossible. Here’s the data.
4 min · · We got so frustrated by all the interruptions that we measured them. · Shared by 71, including Rachel Perrone, Dave Nussbaum, Sascha Venohr
The Atlantic
One Legacy of the Pandemic May Be Less Judgment of the Child-Free
6 min · · The coronavirus could change lingering cultural assumptions about what makes for a full and happy life. · Shared by 99, including Rachel Perrone
BuzzFeed News
Tip For Work From Home Parents Home-Schooling Kids During The Pandemic: We All Feel Like We're Failing
11+ min · · Thanks to COVID, that fleeting dread most working parents experience now and then about being an utter failure is the new status quo. · Shared by 40, including Guy Kawasaki, Lam Thuy Vo, Jeff Heuer, Paul Roetzer, Reshma Saujani, Rachel Perrone, BenYT