But really, you're doing just fine

With no clear guidance from the federal government, each state — hell, each parent — has been left to their own devices this summer. Many camps aren’t in session, but parents need a break. So parents are making vastly different choices for their kids with the same info.
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Welcome to this weird summer of parenting, COVID-style.
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I loved this piece by senior reporter Catherine Pearson because it validated all the confusion, heartbreak and anger I’m feeling. On one hand, I know we’re still deep in the middle of the first wave of this pandemic; on the other, my children need outside stimulation after four months of only seeing mom and dad. So if you feel like you’ve made the wrong call, or the right one, know you’re very much not alone.
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Check out the piece here.
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Also, a scheduling note: I’ll be on vacation (at home) next week and the following Monday, so this newsletter will take a short break. I hope you all have a restful holiday week (or as restful as any of this can possibly be). See you in your inbox on July 13th.

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Princesses reimagined

Two photographers decided to turn Disney princesses into “Black urban royalty” and the results are stunning.

See them here

For when your kid is keeping you awake...

Award-winning author and columnist Carvell Wallace wrote a poignant essay about parenting right now for The New York Times Magazine over the weekend. In it, he weaves together his own mortality — both as a Black man and as an American in the face of a global pandemic — and the innate contradictions of parenting and the conversations he and his teenage children have been having lately. It’s worth your time; I promise you’ll come away more thoughtful than you were before.