Even as social distancing rules loosen, life is far from returning to normal, especially for parents with preexisting conditions, pregnant women, and parents home with newborns who are at a higher risk for becoming severely ill from COVID-19. Erin Blute’s...
From prenatal Zoom sessions to FaceTiming from the delivery room, the pandemic has changed how doulas work. But by keeping communication the focus, new parents can get the guidance they need no matter the mediums required. In pandemic times, some hospitals’...
I’m the resident drama teacher at a local preschool, and my young students learn best when we’re having fun. Whether we’re pretending to be zoo animals or cleaning up, we make magic a few mornings a week. Then I go home and try to be a good mom, or...
“This is the worst thing that will ever happen,” I cried. An atomic-sounding roar erupted from the World Trade Center’s south tower as it collapsed. I was a few blocks away, and I knew I had to escape from the real-life Godzilla movie in which I was an unwitting...
