Source: PublicDomainPictures 17908 / Pixabay Guest post from Michael Schroeder Professionals working in the United States who start or grow families face a unique challenge. Unlike their counterparts in all other industrialized countries, Americans do not have federally guaranteed paid leave to be with their newborns. Employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid … Read more
Bombay (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 28 (ANI / NewsView): The BabyChakra Change Makers 2021 list celebrates 10 inspiring and influential Indian women who are not only super moms and super performers, but also an unstoppable force in their field. Founded by Naiyya Saggi, BabyChakra is India’s most trusted parenting platform that merged earlier this year with … Read more
Source: Jonathan Borba / Unsplash The perfect time to have a baby does not exist in the real world, and the COVID-19 pandemic has not made planning for pregnancy easier. Deciding if or when to have a child, get pregnant and become a parent is complicated, and even more so if you are single. In … Read more
Monear Fatemi was on the hunt for a children’s book she loved as a kid in the 1980s. She remembered so many vivid details: the family in the book ate lima beans, the father had a bushy mustache, the cat was called “Dog”. She remembered every detail, it seemed, except the title and the author. … Read more
Source: Nick Fewings / Unsplash After your brother, friend, co-worker, parent or child despises or hurts you, should you forgive without receiving an apology? Susan Shapiro, New School writing teacher, is the author of The Forgiveness Tour: How to Find the Perfect Excuses. In her new book – 10 Years of Preparation – she spoke … Read more
By Sara Davison, Founder of Kinly Editor’s note: Sara Davison is the founder of Kinly, a Triangle-based parenting platform designed to help expectant parents and parents of little ones through access to expert support, education and community care. America Allen is a North Carolina-based registered clinical social worker and owner of suNu Healing Collectively, PLLC, … Read more
Source: Catherine Cachia / Courtesy of the photographer Parents are rightly concerned about the time children spent alone during the pandemic, isolated from their friends and away from their busy schedules. There is, however, one significant and enduring benefit to time spent alone that parents, no matter how many children they have, will want to … Read more
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Got a story to tell? Check out our guidelines on tgam.ca/guidedissertation. Register for the weekly Parenting & Relationships newsletter for news and tips to help you be a better parent, partner, friend, family member or colleague. Illustration by Mary Kirkpatrick Last December, I inadvertently discovered … Read more
Source: Alberto Casetta / Unsplash The pandemic has changed the way many think about family size, and those who want children, whether it’s a first, second or third, face a newly complicated landscape. The unpredictable nature of COVID-19 and its economic fallout has been added to the equation, but one result seems certain: births, ”wrote … Read more
There is often a hope in every individual that the events that color their life will be free from trauma and that the light at the end of the tunnel, through which they must travel, will be quickly reached. But for people like Ayana Dean, who almost lost her life trying to bring a blessed … Read more