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Don't tell anyone your baby's name before birth.

View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story January 23, 2021 A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting. Golden Cosmos In my ongoing quest to stop bumming you out, I bring you two entertaining pieces about baby names — a topic that allows us all to bring some judgmental glee to even the gloomiest day. My personal advice to you: Don't tell anyone your kid's name until that child is born and the ink on the birth certificate is dry, otherwise you're going to get an earful from half the people you know. "You're naming your daughter Molly? There was a Molly I hated in high school!" Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT First, we have Jancee Dunn on the baby names that are trending during the pandemic. She talked to Pamela Redmond, chief executive of the website Nameberry, who told Jancee that parents want names with a positive spin: Views of the name Zora, for example, which means "dawn" and suggests new beginnings, are up 40 percent, Redmond said; while Alma ("soul" in Spanish) is up 37 percent. Lucius, which connotes "light," is up 24 percent. Other risers include Vivienne (from the Latin root Vivus, meaning "alive" or "lively"), Aurora (Roman goddess of the sunrise), Felix ("happy"), Frida ("peaceful") and Zuri ("good" in Swahili). Also this week, Paula Span has a piece about when grandparents want a say in naming their grandchildren. (A good companion article: How to deal with interfering grandparents, by Carla Bruce-Eddings. Boundaries are our friends!) Lindsay Patterson recommends podcasts that your little kids will love (and you will be able to tolerate). Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li report on a celebrity scandal involving a Chinese actress and surrogate pregnancy in America that is revealing complicated feelings about reproductive technology. Our national desk has a wonderful series of articles about this unusual and challenging year for public school students: "13,000 School Districts, 13,000 Approaches to Teaching During Covid." It is worth your time to read about how very different districts from Providence, R.I., to Lubbock County, Texas, have handled the pandemic, and what we might learn from their successes and setbacks. Finally, many parenting questions boil down to: Is this a thing, or is something wrong? We run an occasional series explaining why certain things seem to happen to your kid (or to your body or to your relationships) as your child grows. If you have a question for a future "Is this a thing?" email us. Thanks for reading! — Jessica Grose, columnist, NYT Parenting THIS WEEK IN NYT PARENTING Nicolás Ortega From 'Alma' to 'Zuri,' Parents Are Looking for Positive Baby Names They're searching the heavens, and through family history, for strong monikers in a pandemic. By Jancee Dunn Luke Wohlgemuth Generation Grandparent When Grandparents Want a Say in Naming Their Grandchildren The expectant parents spend weeks deciding on their new baby's name. Then the grandparents weigh in. By Paula Span Maddy Price A Big List of Podcasts for Little Kids To keep your little ones occupied, look no further than the world of podcasts. Here are a few ideas for kids ages 2 to 6. By Lindsay Patterson Visual China Group, via Getty Images A Chinese Celebrity Scandal Puts Surrogate Births on Trial The state news media excoriated an actress accused of abandoning babies born in the United States. Others say China's limits on reproductive techniques at home are outdated. By Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li Jenn Ackerman, Philip Keith, Christopher Lee and Victor J. Blue for The New York Times 13,000 School Districts, 13,000 Approaches to Teaching During Covid To assess how public schools have navigated the pandemic and the impact on students, The Times examined seven representative districts. The answers were strikingly different. By Kate Taylor Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Tiny Victories Parenting can be a grind. Let's celebrate the tiny victories. My almost 11-year-old asked to set up a virtual sleepover with his three best friends — they had dinner over Zoom and then played video games together remotely while talking the whole time over FaceTime and staying up extra late. They were thrilled. — Jill Daino, New York City If you want a chance to get your Tiny Victory published, find us on Instagram @NYTparenting and use the hashtag #tinyvictories; email us; or enter your Tiny Victory at the bottom of this page. 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