| No Images? Click here  The newscycle has been particularly rough this past week, hasn’t it?To top it off, us parents have a lot on our plates, besides the whole 24/7 parenting gig. I’ve realized I could either give in to letting this all-consuming sense of dread and anger take over, or I could channel it and use it for good.As a mom of two boys, I’ve come to realize that my job as a parent is probably tougher now because I have sons. My husband and I have a responsibility to make sure our kids turn out differently than all the men who abuse women who are dominating headlines right now.To that end, there’s a quote circling around Instagram that I find compelling. It’s from Kimberly Johnson, a self-proclaimed “vaginapractor,” among other things, and the author of The Fourth Trimester.She wrote a post describing what she thought Brett Kavanaugh SHOULD have said at the hearings last week, and I’m considering it a road map of sorts for how to raise my sons. Be humble, be kind, be considerate and compassionate. Be a human being.I hope this quote helps you in these dark times.
Sooooo sweet  This is genius!  I’m going to file this invention under “things I wished existed 6 years ago when my first son was born”: Babylist, a baby registry site, now offers a Bottle Box of five of the most popular baby bottle brands (according to registry and consumer data) on their site. So now all that trial and error is just a little bit easier for new parents.For when your kid is keeping you awake A reminder —once again — to join us for our first-ever real-life parenting event, How To Raise A Kid, on Friday, November 2 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The core question we’ll try to answer: How I can help my kids navigate it all and grow up to be the kinds of people I’d be proud to be friends with: honest, respectful, empathetic, resilient, intelligent, curious, self-sufficient, creative? In short: not assholes. We’d love to see you there! P.S. The newly redesigned HuffPost LIFE launched today as your go-to guide for living the good life on a real person’s budget. Check it out today. More stories from the trenches:  HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More.A guide to helping you raise the kind of person you'd like to know. Love what you see? Send it to a friend. Did someone forward this email? If so, subscribe here. Can't get enough? Check out (In)formation and The Good Life. |
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