Raising young kids is an emotional roller coaster. Birth is hard. The identity transformation is real. And society is not set up to help families balance work and helping tiny humans grow.
There’s a lot of info out there about early childhood. This newsletter is your place to get caught up on the big topics that are most important to you and your family. We do the heavy lifting for you to sort through the news and curate key reads and resources about issues affecting families with children ages 0–5. We share information about everything from how to navigate your first pregnancy and how state policies like transitional kindergarten affect early education, to what awesome children’s books to read next.
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Raising kids?
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A law that went into effect last year is meant to bring clarity to what many say has been too broad of a definition. -
The overall number of 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten has increased. But as the program is being phased in, the percentage of eligible children enrolling has dropped. -
Private centers and state-funded preschools in L.A. County have reported nearly 28,000 empty slots. -
A new L.A. County pilot program sends community health workers in select neighborhoods across the county to ask: What do you need? -
Children’s little bodies heat up way faster than an adult’s, making them more prone to heat illnesses. -
In recent years, a number of institutions have adopted land acknowledgements. But for young children, settler colonialism might be hard to grasp. Here's how to help children understand.
