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| A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting. |
Things you may have wondered after reading about a medical study: Is that extra hour of screen time really so bad? Will all those hot dogs really increase my kid’s risk of cancer? “We place immense trust in scientific studies, as well as in the journalists who report on them. But deciding whether a study warrants changing the way we live our lives is challenging,” Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran, M.D., wrote in an illuminating piece about when to worry about new findings. |
Also on the site this week: Dani Blum reported on how anxiety over climate change is prompting some people to forgo having children. Brianna Sharpe’s essay about how she stays calm in the face of her toddler’s tantrums is a poignant reminder that to be a parent is to be occasionally overwhelmed. If you or someone you know is pregnant, don’t miss our breakdown on what, if anything, can induce labor. Plus, we’re looking for parents whose young kids take melatonin: Drop us a line if you’d like to talk to our reporter. |
Thanks for reading! |
— Jessica Grose, lead editor, NYT Parenting |
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I’d Like to Melt Down When My Kids Do |
Sound familiar? |
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Worried About That New Medical Study? Read This First. |
Study quality matters, statistics can be misinterpreted and not all journals are created equally. |
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Does Anything Actually Make You Go Into Labor? |
According to a 2013 survey of 2,400 mothers in the United States who gave birth between 2011 and 2012, nearly 30 percent tried to induce labor on their own. |
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How Climate Anxiety Is Shaping Family Planning |
In recent months, the notion of family planning as a means of fighting climate change has entered mainstream public conversation. |
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Do Your Children Take Melatonin? |
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Tiny Victories |
| Parenting can be a grind. Let’s celebrate the tiny victories. |
| When my 5-year-old son told me there might be monsters in his closet, I grabbed a jar from the kitchen, and the little net from his fish tank and said, “I hope we can catch one!” After I made a big show of searching and came up empty-handed, he consoled me. Since we turned that fear into a game, not only was he not afraid of closet-monsters, he was sorry there weren’t any. — Grey Thornberry, Orlando |
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