2021 is an improvement on last year, but it's not without hiccups.
| A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting. |
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School is back in full swing for most districts around the country, but not without a catalog of pandemic hiccups. My kids' school had its first case of Covid caught by randomized testing on Day 3. It wasn't in either of my kids' grades, but it definitely made me feel like every day they are healthy and in a classroom, rather than quarantined at home, is a blessing. Ali Smith and Joshua Bright capture this cautious optimism beautifully in a photo essay called "This Is How I Look Taking My Son to School, My Sanitized Fingers Crossed." |
Much of our recent Parenting coverage is about the ripple effects on our children of a world that is still not back to normal. This week, Madeleine Ngo reports on shortages of cafeteria staples that school districts across the country are experiencing because of the pandemic. A whopping "97 percent of school-meal program directors reported having concerns about supply-chain disruptions," according to a survey from the School Nutrition Association. |
Erica L. Green has an article about parents of disabled students who are confronting mask wars in Tennessee, where masks are not required at school. "It's very dystopian," said Kim Hart, the mother of a child with Down syndrome and autism who had open-heart surgery five years ago. "I'm used to arguing with a district to get my kid what he needs," she said. "I'm not used to my neighbors screaming at a school board meeting over a mandate that protects everybody." |
Also new: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges those who are pregnant or lactating to get the Covid vaccine, as vaccination rates are much lower among this population than the general population. "Twenty-two pregnant people in the United States died of Covid in August, the highest number in a single month since the pandemic started," Roni Caryn Rabin notes. |
Finally, if you read only one story this week, make it this heart-rending feature about Dasani, who spent parts of her childhood in New York City without a home. As a middle schooler, Dasani attended a boarding school in Pennsylvania that was established "to rescue children from poverty," and the article traces her journey from there. Andrea Elliott has been following Dasani, her seven siblings and their parents since 2012, and the result is breathtaking journalism. |
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When our hungry 2-year-old looks displeased with the food we've put before her, we bring out the "special" fork (really just any of her other forks in the drawer), and she instantly and eagerly starts eating! — Isabel Piazza, Brooklyn |
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