Tag Archives: Children and Childhood

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 25, 2021
Tags: Children and Childhood, Nate Butkus, , Tai Poole, The Show About Science   

These Young Podcasters Are Growing Up on Mic

The precocious hosts of “Tai Asks Why” and “The Show About Science” have matured along with their industry. For them, listening to their early episodes can prove a bit painful.

#children-and-childhood, #nate-butkus, #podcasts, #tai-poole, #the-show-about-science

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The New York Times 7:59 am on February 25, 2021
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This Website Puts Boisterous Children and Noisy Neighbors on the Map

The crowdsourced guide collects anonymous gripes and pins every grievance on an interactive map, creating a record of the irritating sounds and sights of Japan.

#children-and-childhood, #japan, #maps, #noise, #parenting, #suits-and-litigation-civil

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The New York Times 9:32 pm on February 24, 2021
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New Findings on 2 Ways Children Become Seriously Ill from the Coronavirus

A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 infection have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome.

#black-people, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #hispanic-americans, #multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-in-children-mis-c, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 24, 2021
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Exercise vs. Diet? What Children of the Amazon Can Teach Us About Weight Gain

What we eat may be more important than how much we move when it comes to fighting obesity.

#calories, #children-and-childhood, #diet-and-nutrition, #eating-disorders, #exercise, #indigenous-people, #obesity, #weight

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 24, 2021
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Why Do So Many Mothers Feel Like Failures Right Now?

Pandemic life has made us feel more insecure about the aspects of our parenting we were already most insecure about.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #parenting, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #work-life-balance

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The New York Times 7:33 pm on February 23, 2021
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Got a Pandemic Puppy? Learn How to Prevent Dog Bites

With new puppies and kids at home, doctors are worried about treating more children for dog bites.

#animal-behavior, #animals, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-service, #dogs, #emergency-medical-treatment, #parenting, #veterinary-medicine

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 22, 2021
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On Horseback Among the Eagle Hunters and Herders of the Mongolian Altai

Deep in the Altai Mountains, where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia meet, Kazakh people have for centuries developed and nurtured a special bond with golden eagles.

#children-and-childhood, #eagles-birds, #horses, #hunting-and-trapping, #kazakhs-ethnic-group, #mongolia, #photography, #rural-areas, #travel-and-vacations

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 20, 2021
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Your Kids Aren’t Too Old for Picture Books, and Neither Are You

These are the real wizards of the literary world.

#books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #graphic-novels, #reading-and-writing-skills-education

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The New York Times 2:52 pm on February 19, 2021
Tags: Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids (Book), , Bowles, David (1970- ), , Children and Childhood, Esperon, Maria Garcia (1964- ), , , Mijangos, Amanda, , , , Smith, Cynthia Leitich (1967- ), , The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas (Book)   

Kindred Spirits: 2 Collections of Native Mythology for Children and Their Adults

In “Ancestor Approved” and “The Sea-Ringed World,” sacred stories provide comfort by bringing people together.

#ancestor-approved-intertribal-stories-for-kids-book, #books-and-literature, #bowles-david-1970, #central-america, #children-and-childhood, #esperon-maria-garcia-1964, #indigenous-people, #mesoamerica, #mijangos-amanda, #myths-and-mythical-creatures, #native-americans, #north-america, #smith-cynthia-leitich-1967, #south-america, #the-sea-ringed-world-sacred-stories-of-the-americas-book

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The New York Times 2:57 pm on February 18, 2021
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Covid Vaccines for Kids Are Coming, but Not for Many Months

Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines on children 12 and older and hope to have results by the summer.

#children-and-childhood, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disease-rates, #immune-system, #johnsonjohnson, #moderna-inc, #novavax-inc, #parenting, #pfizer-inc, #research, #teenagers-and-adolescence, #vaccination-and-immunization, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 1:51 pm on February 17, 2021
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How to Make Summer Plans When Everything’s Uncertain

Camp? Summer school? Visiting family?

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #summer-season

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 17, 2021
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My Mother Died When I Was 7. I’m Grieving 37 Years Later.

Delayed grief is sometimes triggered by an event later in life, experts say.

#children-and-childhood, #drug-abuse-and-traffic, #funerals-and-memorials, #grief-emotion

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The New York Times 3:48 pm on February 16, 2021
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My Teens Are Coronavirus Vaccine Guinea Pigs

A health journalist is getting a front-row seat to one of the most-anticipated pediatric trials in history.

#children-and-childhood, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #moderna-inc, #parenting, #placebos, #research, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 8:00 am on February 16, 2021
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Covid-Linked Syndrome in Children Is Growing and Cases Are More Severe

The condition, which usually emerges several weeks after infection, is still rare, but can be dangerous. “A higher percentage of them are really critically ill,” one doctor said.

#braden-wilson, #children-and-childhood, #childrens-hospital-los-angeles, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disease-rates, #heart, #hospitals, #multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-in-children-mis-c, #your-feed-science, #youth

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The New York Times 12:00 am on February 16, 2021
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The Plot to Help America’s Children

And what we can learn from right-wing opposition.

#children-and-childhood, #families-and-family-life, #federal-taxes-us, #poverty, #united-states-politics-and-government, #welfare-us

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2021
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Lessons From Virtual Kindergarten

The characteristics of a rhombus. The limits of parental authority. Gratitude.

#children-and-childhood, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #education-k-12

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2021
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The Influence of a Perfect Teacher

Perhaps because I had a teacher who made reading aloud into ceremony, ritual and compelling drama, I grew up to find my cause in pediatricians’ promoting reading aloud at checkups.

#books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #education-k-12, #libraries-and-librarians, #reading-and-writing-skills-education, #teachers-and-school-employees

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 14, 2021
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Child’s Play Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide

Through years of terror and of calm, a small museum program has brought 10-year-olds from both sides together.

#children-and-childhood, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #jerusalem-israel, #palestinians

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The New York Times 8:00 am on February 14, 2021
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New York Was the 1st Big School District to Reopen. Here’s What Happened.

Elementary schools have been open for months. As the city prepares to reopen middle schools, problems remain, but there is also cause for optimism.

#chicago-ill, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-reopenings, #education-k-12, #elementary-school, #new-york-city, #parenting, #teachers-and-school-employees

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The New York Times 7:30 pm on February 13, 2021
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Can Biden Save Americans Like My Old Pal Mike?

A childhood friend’s deadly mistakes prompt reflection on our country’s — and my own.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #children-and-childhood, #democratic-party, #homeless-persons, #income-inequality, #labor-and-jobs, #mental-health-and-disorders, #minimum-wage, #oregon, #poverty, #presidential-election-of-2020, #republican-party, #roosevelt-franklin-delano, #united-states, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wages-and-salaries, #yamhill-ore

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The New York Times 3:51 pm on February 12, 2021
Tags: Best Friend in the Whole World (Book), , Children and Childhood, , From Archie to Zack (Book), Kirsch, Vincent X, Min, Cat, Porter, Jane (Illustrator), Salsbury, Sandra (Illustrator), Shearring, Maisie Paradise, Shy Willow (Book), The Boy Who Loved Everyone (Book)   

Show and Tell: 4 Picture Books About Friendship

Overcoming shyness and isolation via notes, pictures and a pine cone.

#best-friend-in-the-whole-world-book, #books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #friendship, #from-archie-to-zack-book, #kirsch-vincent-x, #min-cat, #porter-jane-illustrator, #salsbury-sandra-illustrator, #shearring-maisie-paradise, #shy-willow-book, #the-boy-who-loved-everyone-book

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The New York Times 10:45 am on February 12, 2021
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We Asked 175 Pediatric Disease Experts if It Was Safe Enough to Open School

In many places, the debates over reopening are fraught. But in a survey, experts broadly agreed that elementary schools didn’t need vaccines to open safely.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #education-k-12, #masks, #shutdowns-institutional

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 12, 2021
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Connecting My Children to Their Heritage in Mandarin

Although my parents’ English is serviceable, it is only in Mandarin that they’re at ease, that they can inhabit their own skins.

#children-and-childhood, #chinese-language, #grandparents, #immigration-and-emigration, #language-and-languages, #lunar-new-year, #parenting

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The New York Times 1:15 am on February 12, 2021
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Emptying the Dishwasher Can Enrich Kids’ Mental Health

Guiding children toward mastery of new skills can help them thrive — and get some household chores done at the same time.

#anxiety-and-stress, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-service, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #mental-health-and-disorders, #parenting

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The New York Times 3:09 pm on February 11, 2021
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Neglecting Yourself Doesn’t Make You a Better Mother

Showering and eating regularly can be a form of self-care.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #parenting, #therapy-and-rehabilitation

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The New York Times 11:30 am on February 10, 2021
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Is My Kid a Hypochondriac?

Or is she just living in a pandemic?

#anxiety-and-stress, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-service, #parenting

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The New York Times 6:25 pm on February 9, 2021
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Netherlands Halts Adoptions From Abroad After Exposing Past Abuses

An inquiry found systemic abuses like child trafficking, lack of record-keeping and government complicity until 1998. Practices have since improved, the government said, but not enough.

#adoptions, #children-and-childhood, #human-trafficking, #netherlands

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The New York Times 6:13 pm on February 9, 2021
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Under Biden and Romney Stimulus Plans, An Approach to Help Families

Under plans by President Biden and Senator Mitt Romney, children would be worthy of government support, no strings attached.

#child-care, #children-and-childhood, #social-security-us, #tax-credits-deductions-and-exemptions, #united-states-politics-and-government, #welfare-us

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The New York Times 12:42 am on February 9, 2021
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Crisis Spurs Congress Toward Big Measures to Lift Families From Poverty

Lawmakers, including at least one Republican, are focused on providing monthly payments to help families with children make ends meet.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #democratic-party, #food-insecurity, #house-of-representatives, #labor-and-jobs, #poverty, #republican-party, #senate, #stimulus-economic, #tax-credits-deductions-and-exemptions, #unemployment-insurance, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 10:20 pm on February 7, 2021
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Democrats to Unveil Up to $3,600 Child Tax Credit as Part of Stimulus Bill

The credit would send monthly payments to millions of Americans under certain income thresholds for a year starting in July.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #democratic-party, #families-and-family-life, #house-of-representatives, #internal-revenue-service, #law-and-legislation, #poverty, #stimulus-economic, #tax-credits-deductions-and-exemptions, #taxation, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #yellen-janet-l

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The New York Times 5:19 pm on February 6, 2021
Tags: , Children and Childhood, , , Make-A-Wish Foundation, , Shankwitz, Frank (1943-2021)   

Frank Shankwitz, a Founder of Make-a-Wish, Is Dead at 77

A state highway patrolman in Arizona, he helped a terminally ill boy become a motorcycle cop and then came up with a plan to help more children realize their dreams.

#arizona, #children-and-childhood, #death-and-dying, #deaths-obituaries, #make-a-wish-foundation, #motorcycles-motor-bikes-and-motorscooters, #shankwitz-frank-1943-2021

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 6, 2021
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How to Help When Adolescents Have Suicidal Thoughts

Even when rates of suicidal ideation increase, there are ways to keep kids safe.

#anxiety-and-stress, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #depression-mental, #jama-psychiatry-journal, #mental-health-and-disorders, #parenting, #pediatrics-journal, #suicides-and-suicide-attempts, #teenagers-and-adolescence

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The New York Times 4:41 pm on February 5, 2021
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Will the Stimulus Plan Help Working Mothers?

How President Biden’s proposed stimulus package might affect women and families.

#child-care, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #income, #labor-and-jobs, #minimum-wage, #parenting, #stimulus-economic, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wages-and-salaries, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 4:10 pm on February 5, 2021
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Working Moms Are Struggling. Here’s What Would Help.

What government, employers and the rest of us can do.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 5, 2021
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Getting to Know You, Again

The pandemic has sent many people back to their parents’ homes, giving both generations new insight and a chance at a different kind of relationship.

#brooklyn-nyc, #children-and-childhood, #glaser-nikki, #hudson-river-valley-ny, #parenting, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #st-louis-mo, #stratford-conn, #vermont

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The New York Times 1:13 am on February 5, 2021
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How Society Has Turned Its Back on Mothers

This isn’t just about burnout, it’s about betrayal.

#anxiety-and-stress, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-service, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #education-k-12, #mental-health-and-disorders, #parenting, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #women-and-girls, #work-life-balance

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The New York Times 6:04 pm on February 3, 2021
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An Invisible Cost of College: Parental Guilt

Is it any wonder that plenty of people are tempted to borrow a whole lot of money to send their kids to college?

#budgets-and-budgeting, #children-and-childhood, #colleges-and-universities, #content-type-service, #financial-aid-education, #grandparents, #parenting, #personal-finances, #the-price-you-pay-for-college-an-entirely-new-road-map-for-the-biggest-financial-decision-your-family-will-ever-make-book, #tuition

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 3, 2021
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Burned by Low Reimbursements, Some Doctors Stop Testing for Covid

Some insurers pay pediatricians less than the cost of the test itself, jeopardizing a tool to help control the pandemic.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #medicaid, #tests-medical, #unitedhealth-group-inc

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The New York Times 11:56 pm on February 2, 2021
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What Do You Do When Your Child Has the Coronavirus?

Of all the bodies in my household, it slipped into the smallest one.

#american-academy-of-pediatrics, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov

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The New York Times 4:30 pm on February 1, 2021
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The Case of the Serial Sperm Donor

One man, hundreds of children and a burning question: Why?

#artificial-insemination, #children-and-childhood, #families-and-family-life, #in-vitro-fertilization, #infertility, #meijer-jonathan-jacob, #netherlands, #parenting, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #sperm, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:16 pm on February 1, 2021
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Advice on How to Become a Foster Parent

The process has changed during the pandemic, but getting started is easier than you might think.

#adoptions, #child-abuse-and-neglect, #children-and-childhood, #families-and-family-life, #foster-care, #philanthropy, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #teenagers-and-adolescence

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The New York Times 11:01 pm on January 31, 2021
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Eleanor Holmes Norton Calls for Sledding on Capitol Grounds to Be Allowed

Washington’s representative in Congress urged the Capitol Police to allow sledding to continue on the complex’s heavily secured grounds.

#children-and-childhood, #norton-eleanor-holmes, #pittman-yogananda-d, #sleds, #snow-and-snowstorms, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #united-states-capitol-police, #united-states-politics-and-government, #washington-dc

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The New York Times 2:34 pm on January 31, 2021
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Sonny Fox, Whose ‘Wonderama’ Mixed Fun and Learning, Dies at 95

He was not a comic or a clown, just a smart and genial TV host who for almost a decade spoke to children, not at them. He died of Covid pneumonia.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-obituaries, #fox-sonny, #games, #television, #wonderama-tv-program

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The New York Times 2:57 am on January 30, 2021
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Federal Court Lifts Block on Trump Policy Expelling Migrant Children at the Border

The prospect of border agents again turning away children is likely to renew pressure on the Biden administration.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #decisions-and-verdicts, #illegal-immigration, #immigration-and-emigration, #immigration-detention, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 29, 2021
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Am I Too Old to Keep the Bargain With My Kids?

As an older parent of young children, I feel that I am holding a big secret — my own mortality.

#children-and-childhood, #families-and-family-life, #love-emotion, #parenting

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The New York Times 8:00 pm on January 28, 2021
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Watch a New Short From the 2021 Sundance Film Festival

Through a day of role-playing, a group of students get an eye-opening introduction to the careers that may await them.

#children-and-childhood, #documentary-films-and-programs, #education-k-12, #festivals, #sundance-film-festival-park-city-utah, #teachers-and-school-employees, #workplace-environment

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The New York Times 6:39 am on January 27, 2021
Tags: , Children and Childhood, Gissing, Vera (1928- ), , Nicky&Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued (Book), Sis, Peter, Winton, Nicholas (1909-2015)   

A Captivating New Picture Book Celebrates the ‘British Schindler’

In “Nicky & Vera,” Peter Sís tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from Czechoslovakia as World War II loomed.

#books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #gissing-vera-1928, #holocaust-and-the-nazi-era, #nickyvera-a-quiet-hero-of-the-holocaust-and-the-children-he-rescued-book, #sis-peter, #winton-nicholas-1909-2015

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The New York Times 8:15 pm on January 26, 2021
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Thank You, Dr. Fauci

Readers cite his professionalism, patriotism and courage. Also: The emoluments clause and Donald Trump; children and screen time; girls and sanitary products; French justice for a rooster.

#chickens, #children-and-childhood, #computer-and-video-games, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #emoluments-clause, #fauci-anthony-s, #france, #menstruation, #rooster, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 26, 2021
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This Parenting Book Actually Made Me a Better Parent

I got by with my kids on instinct (and Google) until the pandemic hit. A friend’s recommendation made a quiet revolution in my home.

#books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-service, #parenting, #quarantine-life-and-culture

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The New York Times 8:17 pm on January 25, 2021
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Tae Keller Wins Newbery Medal for ‘When You Trap a Tiger’

“We Are Water Protectors,” illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom, won the Caldecott Medal.

#american-library-assn, #awards-decorations-and-honors, #before-the-ever-after-book, #book-trade-and-publishing, #books-and-literature, #caldecott-medal, #children-and-childhood, #goade-michaela, #keller-tae, #lindstrom-carole-author, #morrison-frank-illustrator, #newbery-medal, #r-e-s-p-e-c-t-aretha-franklin-the-queen-of-soul-book, #we-are-water-protectors-book, #weatherford-carole-boston, #when-you-trap-a-tiger-book, #woodson-jacqueline

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