At first, Cathlene Pineda was reluctant to join the Atwater Village Moms’ Facebook group. The jazz pianist and composer doesn’t particularly like Facebook, and she’s wary of online communities. But she acquiesced because, as she put it, “Some other moms were like, ‘You have to be part of this group.’” After joining in 2021, she… Continue reading The Atwater Village Moms’ Facebook Group is an invite-only crowdsourcing community for parents
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More parents are delaying kids’ vaccines, posing risk to toddlers
As measles cases pop up across the country this winter — including several in California — one group of children is stirring deep concerns among pediatricians: the babies and toddlers of vaccine-hesitant parents who are delaying their child’s measles-mumps-rubella shots. Pediatricians across the state say they have seen a sharp increase recently in the number… Continue reading More parents are delaying kids’ vaccines, posing risk to toddlers
Parents save Rs 210 crore under Chhattisgarh govt’s education scheme
Swami Atmanand Excellence School Scheme, a zero-cost quality education project by the Chhattisgarh government has enabled parents to save over Rs 210 crore, the officials claimed. Under the flagship scheme of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, launched on July 3, 2020, 52 schools were opened in different cities. Following the response, the state government increased… Continue reading Parents save Rs 210 crore under Chhattisgarh govt’s education scheme
Column: Smartphones and social media hurt teens. What choice do parents have?
We can’t keep ignoring social media’s harmful effects on the mental health of young people. Across the world, regardless of skin color or language, people are suffering from mental health problems that are linked to the age at which they got their first smartphone or tablet, according to a new report from Sapien Labs. The… Continue reading Column: Smartphones and social media hurt teens. What choice do parents have?