A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting.
As more day cares and preschools re-open across the country, some parents are understandably wary of sending their kids back into the unknown. Alyssa Abkowitz, whose 3-year-old daughter returned to preschool in mid-May, called child care centers across the country to ask what a day will look like in a post-coronavirus world. Precautions include: frequent sanitizing of play structures, toys and lunchboxes; individual desks and materials for kids; and masks for teachers and caretakers (and sometimes students).
The changes may sound grim, but Alyssa feels good about her choice to send her daughter back to school. As she put it: “I knew it was a good choice for us when my husband asked her one of our favorite pre-coronavirus dinnertime questions, ‘Who got in trouble at school today?’, and she giggled.”
Also this week, Leah Chernikoff has excellent advice for talking to family members and friends when they have doubts about vaccinating their children. In New York City alone, vaccinations have dropped 63 percent because parents avoided pediatric well visits during the height of the pandemic, so Leah’s piece is essential reading right now.
Christina Caron, our NYT Parenting reporter, wrote a piece explaining how straight couples can learn about conflict resolution from gay couples, Melinda Wenner Moyer has written about how to help children if they are showing signs of depression, and Sandy Jorgensen has a lovely and informative piece about how you can best support a gender-nonconforming child.
We’re still looking for more children’s book recommendations about race, protests and with black protagonists. For the 0-3 age set, “Girl of Mine” by Jabari Asim and illustrated by LeUyen Pham is an excellent choice for a board book. It’s a lovely bedtime story for your babes. Drop us a line here with your favorites!
Thanks for reading!
— Jessica Grose, lead editor, NYT Parenting
P.S. Today’s One Thing comes from Kendra Adachi, a mom of three in Greensboro, NC. She and her kids have made “giant” bubbles by squirting dish soap into a large cake pan full of warm water. They cut twine and used plastic drinking straws to create bubble blowers. “The solution makes larger, stronger bubbles the longer it sits,” she said, “so laziness gets you a win.”
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