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Free school meals for all children can help with their nutrition, reduce absenteeism and improve academic outcomes. It would also serve the families who don't enroll in meal programs due to stigma and bureaucracy. @AubreyNPR https://t.co/gdVafPeDZn

Our Early Years Development Team are here to support SAC services with the requirements for a, Quality Action Plan under Core Funding, both when developing your plan and throughout the year as you put it into action. Contact us at mentoring[at]barnardos[dot]ie https://t.co/0gKAnkKXJE

3 kids in a one bedroom

I'm a single parent almost 7 months pregnant with baby 3. We live in a one bedroom apartment. Today I moved my 1 year old's crib into the living room (which is joined with the kitchen) so she can get used to sleeping in there when the baby comes. My 4 year old will play in the bedroom until it's time to go to bed, which is a mattress in the living room. When the new baby comes, the whole house will be kids' bedrooms and the only place I will be able to go after 8pm is the bathroom. I can't post this in any of the other mom forums I know because people will just be rude and judgy and like 'why is she having another baby then'....but things happen. Life happens. I will deal with it. I'm just really sad that the bathroom is my new hangout spot 😞

“The reflex to double-down on women’s issues is understandable in light of the fall of Roe v. Wade...But doing more for boys and men does not mean letting up on the fight for women and girls; that is the kind of zero-sum thinking killing our politics.” https://t.co/xS3cKUgp8e https://t.co/i2h3uxrrmu

Oh, the Many Things Your Children Will Bring Home from School https://t.co/fqzeTN5ja1 by @ryandarcy22 #citydads #dadlife #parenting #parentinghumor

Let’s talk about weight(possible TW)

So today I weighed myself out of curiosity and I’m 129. I’m 5’3. For shits I googled my BMI and it literally says I’m 12 pounds away from being classed as overweight. Are you kidding me? For the first time I actually like where I’m at body wise and even if I did gain 12 pounds I would *still* be happy with it. I used to be 105 before my last baby was born and I hated feeling like a stick. I wanted curves and to feel womanly. But now I’m close to overweight? Who makes this shit up? I feel terrible for young girls who may do as I did and then restrict their calories or suddenly think there’s a problem with their weight when THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. It’s sick.

I just want reassurance I’m not a bad mom for feeling like this

I have a wonderful baby and a wonderful husband. But lately I’m so overwhelmed as my 4 month gets more a more fussy and inconsolable. Of course it’s hunting season too so my husband has been gone the last 2 weekends for that and I’m stuck at home with the babe. Which is fun for 50% of the time. I can’t imagine getting to (or wanting to) be away for 3 straight days. And then he’s a hero for giving me an hour to take a bath when he comes home while I listen to the baby cry downstairs with him? This is so backwards and unfair and I want more help but feel guilty asking. Idk I just needed to vent because people keep telling me to be grateful that I at least have help but my god this is hard still.

Freezer meal ideas

We just got news that my MIL has cancer, she will be starting chemo in December. My SIL and I want to make a bunch of meals that are easy for my FIL to heat up from the freezer. I know not really a parenting question but I trust this group so much, you all are so amazing. This is very new to the family, so really any additional advice is also appreciated. Thanks so much, bromos 💗

Why is the “Victoria’s Secret” song by Jax so popular? @thrivew_aguide shares her thoughts. #parenting #health https://t.co/nGxoDjFsGc

In practice, as communities around the country offer free preschool to more and more tiny Americans, the results are uneven. @jillbarshay @hechingerreport https://t.co/j5jjWOuEg0

Children gain mastery of an activity through repetition. The activity should be exactly at their level—challenging enough that it is not too easy yet not so difficult that they give up. -Simone Davies #parenting

Things to do in Toronto with children https://t.co/wB65jsqGc8 @CanadaTourist cityoftoronto @ToTourism #Toronto #Canada #visitToronto https://t.co/0MilzDokcq

For some pregnant people, it's quite a shock when hormones wreak havoc on your skin. Skin specialists weigh in on the most effective procedures to treat pregnancy skin problems, plus pregnancy-safe skin products for everything from acne to melasma. https://t.co/mTss54c6mr

Me with baby who has hand, foot and mouth disease, is teething and is constipated.

I don’t like playing with my kid

I like doing a lot of things with my kid, but playing isn’t one of them. I’ve just never been big into play (call me boring) and I feel guilty, because my kid seems to enjoy playing and he spends most of the year with me (minus the summers with his mom). Wondering what kind of damage I’m inflicting on my kid by not wanting to play with him. Any thoughts?