text:
Kent Bush: Twitter saves an otherwise boring debate
Kent BushMore Content Now
Oct 15, 2015 at 8:36 AM Oct 15, 2015 at 8:36 AM
Like Donald Trump, I love to live-tweet a debate. Unlike Trump, I don't retweet sycophants who use all caps and horrible grammar to tell me how great I am.
Also unlike Trump, I don't have a crush on Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
After Trump's second Putin reference early in the debate, I tweeted that his man love for Putin was disconcerting.
Mike Huckabee also tried to live tweet the event only to further alienate human beings who don't appreciate former pastors who went on to become horrible people. Huckabee tweeted possibly the most disgusting 140 characters of the night with his, "I trust @BernieSanders with my tax dollars like I trust a North Korean chef with my Labrador!'" tweet.
Someone needs to take away Huckabee's phone or at least install a common decency filter on it.
Twitter is one of the most caustic environments on Earth, but I have to say that the instant reactions during news, sports, and political events really can make them more entertaining.
I wasn't a big fan of how Hillary Clinton spent several answers saying she is a woman, as though that is a reason to vote for her. Women want equality. She needs to lean on her own substance and not her sex.
Some of my tweets included, "Hillary is different because she is a woman. Possibly the worst answer she could give. No ideas. Just which section she shops in." and "Hillary's answer is demeaning to women. "Vote for me because we use the same restroom." "Believe it or not, women think before they vote."
I also had fun with poor Lincoln Chafee, who would have trouble making the junior varsity debates on the Republican side of the primary.
Chafee is a former senator, former governor of Rhode Island (an office that must be decided by a chocolate chip cookie bake-off) a former Republican, a former Independent and apparently, a former turtleneck sweater model.
He said he was "a block of granite" on the issues. Chafee was trying to appeal to the granite state of New Hampshire but as he explained one vote as being his first and the result of not knowing the issues and another by pointing out it passed 95-5 using the "everybody was doing it" defense he showed why he should never have made it to this stage.
Bernie Sanders obviously failed to prepare for this debate. After Sanders touted a caucus he formed and chaired, I added an item to my bucket list. I tweeted, "Bucket list item... Serve on a caucus formed by Bernie Sanders. I would love to just sit in a room and yell about rich people."
In fact, during what should have been a great line a moment before, Sanders stopped and basically became a Clinton apologist.
Sanders said the American people are sick and tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's emails. Clinton may be the presumptive candidate, but her ethical issues are real and will change the election in 2016.
My tweet after Sanders delivered that line said, "Hillary Clinton's overlaugh after made for SNL."
In fact, if "Saturday Night Live" doesn't hit this debate hard this week, they should just cancel the show.
I can see it now. Amy Poehler is playing Clinton and open mouth laughing at everything Sanders says. Sanders is played by Christopher Lloyd in his Doc Brown costume.
They need to get a hologram of Phil Hartman to play Jim Webb and he has to deliver the line about how he killed the guy in Vietnam. That was a better line for the Republican debate. The Democrats in the audience weren't as amused by the tales of carnage as Trump fans would have been.
I think you have to get Norm MacDonald to play Martin O'Malley. But MacDonald has to work with Will Ferrell to master the Ricky Bobby, "I don't know what to do with my hands" routine from the interview scene in Talladega Nights.
The best person to play Chafee would be Dana Carvey, but he would be doing that turtle character from "The Master of Disguise" and lick his lips non-stop.
That's "SNL" gold.
One of the worst things about the night was how CNN used a Hispanic anchor to ask immigration questions and a black anchor ask a "Black Lives Matter" question. I kept waiting for them to have a terrorist ask a question about foreign policy.
Dana Houle had tweeted, "Black guy for race questions, Latino guy for immigration and weed. Heck of a job, CNN." I had to respond to that with "Racism isn't always about hillbillies and confederate flags."
Of course I reused those same words after Huckabee tweeted about his dog in a North Korean kitchen.
At the end of the night, Clinton supporters thought she was awesome and she did land a couple of nice shots. Sanders yelled a lot and had some Bernie moments, but he couldn't win 10 states as a candidate in the general election.
The debate was much more about substance than personality, unlike the Republican debates. But then again, there is only one real personality on the stage.
Webb, Chafee and O'Malley all basically combined to give people a lot of fodder for jokes on Twitter.
I don't think Biden is jumping in this race, and that isn't a good thing for Democrats. Clinton can't lose this primary, and I can't see her winning in 2016.
Kent Bush is publisher of Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star and can be reached at kent.bush@news-star.com.


Park at Trowbridge can be found at 24111 Civic Center Drive . The following is offered: Social Services, Other Organizations, Human Resources, Hospice Care, Retirement Communities . In Southfield there are 20 other Social Services. An overview can be found here.


Christopher Klingbeil has toured the American West as a government lumberjack. He took MFAs away from Boise State and Colorado State University. Recent works include poems and stories in Alice Blue Review, Anvil Lit Review, Slush Pile and ditch,. Once, he took an Honorable Mention in The Atlantic's Writing Contest.


text:
Day care germs are real but it's totally normal (and beneficial) for kids to catch 7 colds a year
Dr. Leigh Grossman
It doesn't matter if it's day care, preschool or a playgroup, wherever children convene they will share whatever germs they've acquired. To parents dealing with colds, coughs, flus, and gastroenteritis, an invitation to play can seem like an invitation to never-ending sickness. It's true that kids' social lives do bring germs home, but this is also totally normal.
Research shows that day care, preschool, and early elementary age children have five to seven upper respiratory infections (colds, running noses, coughs) that are caused by common viruses each year. These infections occur most often when children cluster inside for prolonged periods of time – namely between September and May, a period of 8 months (and one that we are currently in the middle of).
Thus, infections occur in normal, healthy children with normal immune systems an average of every month or every other month of the year.
It's not the fault of the parents. It's not the fault of the day care center or the school. It's not to be blamed on their diet or their sleeping patterns or whether they walked through a puddle of water in their bare feet in late October in Maine. It is normal!
Having said that, it's daunting for working parents or for any family to constantly have children with coughs, runny noses, fevers, congestion, inability to sleep well and/or be miserable with the aforementioned symptoms. It's also a threat to the adults in the house who become sick with these same germs and are forced to go to work with upper respiratory symptoms or take a sick day if they're too sick to go in. It's similarly difficult when one has multiple children in the household who are all dragging home their own infections from day care or school and spreading them through the family.
However, these infections are a normal part of growing one's immunity and we, as adults, have far fewer infections than we did as children because of our robust and well-established immune function.
Most of these primarily viral infections are mild, non-life threatening diseases that cause symptoms that make you miserable. Alternate childcare arrangements are required if your child has a fever, respiratory distress, or is too sick to engage in the normal day care and school activities. The best thing you can do is plan for this to happen – because it will.
Some of these mild, viral infections may precede an ear infection, pneumonia, or even a bloodstream infection. However, these secondary bacterial infections following a viral illness are uncommon. The usual story is that the child has a cold that should be on the wane, but instead of the usual decline in symptoms over a period of a week to 10 days, you notice a fairly abrupt increase in the height of the fever, difficulty breathing, onset of vomiting, increasing discomfort or pain, or other new symptoms.
This should prompt a visit to your pediatrician to obtain an accurate diagnosis as to what's going on. It's possible that an antibiotic is required to now treat what may well be a secondary bacterial infection.
Vaccines have remarkably decreased the numbers of these secondary bacterial infections, but they can still occur with germs that are not represented in the vaccines that we have and recommend.
The good news is that each one of these childhood viral illnesses is another "vaccination" for your child – further protecting him or her against these germs that cannot be avoided. As your children get older, their immune systems become more developed and they will slowly have fewer viral illnesses. We all lived through this and they will, too.
[A version of this post was originally published October 26, 2016.]
If your child has any of these 5 symptoms, you might want to keep them home from day care
Want healthy kids? Let them get dirty
This mom's medicine hack is going viral for a very good reason
Leigh B. Grossman, M.D. is the Medical Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease and the Associate Dean for International Programs in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia. Her clinical work there has been devoted to the care of hospitalized children both as a general Pediatric inpatient ward attending and as an infectious disease consultant. Her research is devoted to the prevention of hospital-acquired infection in the critically ill newborn and child. She teaches at the bedside, in the classroom, nationally, and internationally. She has edited and authored five books, "Infection Control for the Pediatric Patient," "Infection Control in the Preschool and Day Care Center," "Infection Control for the Healthcare Worker," "The Medical Student's Guide to Successful Residency Matching," and her newest book, "The Parent's Survival Guide to Daycare Infections," released in October 2016.
day care colds preschool germs childcare germs daycare illness
14 gifts mama actually wants this holiday season
16 swoon-worthy gifts every new mama will love this holiday season
A Montessori-inspired holiday gift guide—for newborns to 6-year-olds
15 simple + beautiful holiday gift ideas for the minimalist mama
`] var post_no_to_show =(Math.floor(Math.random() * 4) + 1 ) - 1; var post_to_ad= post_list[post_no_to_show]; var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); var result={}; xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) { result=JSON.parse(this.responseText); console.log(result); var element_parsely='
' if(result.data.length>=2){ var result_length=result.data.length; element_parsely +=post_to_ad; for(var i=0 ; i <\/a>
'+result.data[i].section +'<\/a><\/div>
'+result.data[i].title +'<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>' } element_parsely+='<\/div><\/div>'; document.getElementById('parsely-recommend').innerHTML="READ NEXT" document.getElementById('parsely-recommend').insertAdjacentHTML("afterend",element_parsely) } var setCarouselIntterval = setInterval(function(){ if(document.querySelector(".parsely-items")){ clearInterval(setCarouselIntterval); rblms.require(['jquery', 'jquery.slick'], function ($, slick) { $(".parsely-items").each(function () { $(this).slick({ infinite: true, dots: true, slidesToShow: window.innerWidth > 767 ? 3:2, slidesToScroll: window.innerWidth > 767 ? 3:2, initialSlide: 0, adaptiveHeight: true, autoplay: false, autoplaySpeed: 3000, prevArrow : '
LeftArrow
', nextArrow : '
RightArrow
' }); }) }); } }, 500); } }; xhr.open("GET", "https://api.parsely.com/v2/related?apikey=mother.ly&url=https://www.mother.ly/news/daycare-germs-colds-are-normal&exclude=section:Parenting&exclude=section:Lifestyle", true); xhr.send();
10 ways to be productive when your baby just wants to be held
Motherly + BABYBJÖRN
Babywearing allows newborns to be held close to your body and mama to snuggle with their new bundle of joy—but that's just where the benefits begin. When you're toting your baby with the help of a specially-designed carrier, you're also given back the two hands normally reserved for rocking, cuddling and soothing your little one. That opens up a whole new world when it comes to getting things done—particularly for #mombosses who are masters of multitasking.
We asked four of our favorites about the biggest benefits of their productivity hack of choice (babywearing) and how they got it all done using their carrier of choice, BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier Free.
It helps soothe babies more easily
Babies benefit from being in a carrier not only because worn babies cry less but also because a soothed baby means they're more likely to catch a much-needed nap. Rachel Zeilic, VP of Influencer Marketing at Who What Wear and Creative Director for fashion line Marjoelle, wore her son, August, in his early days for that reason. "It was a GREAT method to help him get to sleep," she says.
Sleep aside, decreased crying makes a huge difference in your busy days, even if your baby is super easygoing and loves carrier time, like that of Emmy-winning TV host, author and mama of four, Daphne Oz, whose youngest, Giovanna Ines (Gigi), is 4-months-old. "Gigi has always loved to be held. She's a very big baby, so babywearing is essential to give my arms a break. She loves to be snuggled as much as possible, and you can tell [being in her carrier] immediately soothes her. Sometimes she'll drift off or just rest her head on my chest and gaze around."
Mobilizing is a snap
Like so many mamas, Zeilic needed to get out of the house frequently in those first few weeks for doctor appointments, but she found the sheer magnitude of getting out and getting the hang of a stroller pretty intimidating. Instead, she relied on her Baby Carrier Free and was out and about quickly after delivery. "We left the house from day one and we made a point every day of walking around the neighborhood," she says. "It was much more feasible [for me] than putting him in the stroller and going for a long walk."
Ariel Kaye, the CEO and founder of Parachute, was a big fan of babywearing with her now 11-month-old daughter Lou for the same reason. "Especially as I started to get more comfortable getting out of the house, what started as really short walks and gradually got longer," she says.
Carriers are especially friendly for city-dwelling mamas
Having a baby while living in a big city can be a challenge, but babywearing makes going about your day so much more simple. That's how Ranji Jacques, Fashion Director at Condé Nast, gets around New York City. "Everyone can agree that a baby carrier is a must-have, especially if you're in an urban area," says the mom of two to 3-year-old Diego and 1-year-old Lucienne. Why? Because steep curbs and storefront steps no longer pose a deterrent, and (bonus!) you can keep germ-covered surfaces out of baby's reach.
Take meetings with baby in tow
If you need to phone into the office or are a permanent part of the growing work-from-home mama population, strapping on baby allows you to talk shop and spend time with your little one. "I've honestly gotten so many conference calls and deals done with August in the carrier," says Zeilic.
So did Kaye, who would tote her daughter Lou in her BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier Free on walks to Parachute's nearby brick-and-mortar store as not only a way of getting outside, but also checking in with work, too.
Tackle housework + make errands easier (and feasible)
When you've got a new baby at home, getting the dishes done or folding a basket of (clean!) laundry is a huge accomplishment. But using the carrier can help you tick off your to-do list while spending time with your newborn. "Babywearing really helped me—like it made all of my everyday [tasks] so much easier," says Kaye, because it gave her back her much-needed set of hands.
Oz agrees that wearing her daughter has been a boon to her productivity. "I try to bring Gigi along whenever I can, since my time at home can be limited and [I'm] often stretched thin trying to get everything in order. She comes along to the market and for coffee and on other errands—and I love to use a carrier in the house so I can keep her with me while I'm heading from room to room putting things in order."
It can provide for everyday teaching moments
When you're going about your daily tasks, babywearing provides a front row seat to turn it into an educational experience for the two of you. "It's a special way to be able to communicate with her—I can show her things, touch things," says Kaye. From folding laundry to self-care, opportunities to engage baby can happen anywhere. Just ask Lou, who loves watching mama Ariel do her makeup while happily hanging out in her BABYBJÖRN, a task enjoyed by Gigi and Daphne as well.
Plus, allotting some of your attention to quickie tasks feels more guilt-free when babywearing. "Even though I'm doing other stuff, I can talk to him and narrate what I'm doing," explains Zeilic. "I just feel like it's playing and bonding, versus feeling like I'm sacrificing time with him."
Hello, old favorite activities
Zeilic and her husband love to use their Baby Carrier Free for hikes—anything under an hour and she'll strap on the carrier, over an hour and Dad's on the job (good thing it's easily adjustable for parents of all sizes). Even if hiking isn't your hobby of choice, resuming your pre-baby favorite activities and feeling more like yourself post-baby is a welcome change to which most mamas can relate, Oz included.
She fondly remembers the sense of confidence and familiarity that accompanied a babywearing outing when her eldest children were a bit younger. "My first, Philomena, was only 20 months old when John was born and still such a baby herself. I remember going out to the beach on a calm day with Philomena to collect shells, and John was strapped next to my chest, snuggly and content. It was one of the first times I really felt confident as a new mother of 2."
You can travel light
Working in fashion, Jacques has a tendency to be flanked with a host of accessories or at least a go-to purse, but babywearing has helped her limit the amount she has in tow when out and about. "I strap on baby, grab a bottle of water and my wallet and I'm ready to go," she says. Minimalist multitasking has never been so chic.
This article was sponsored by BABYBJÖRN. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Motherly and mamas.
our-partners baby wearing mom boss daphne oz rachel zeilic ariel kaye ranji jacques baby bjorn babybjorn best babywearing wraps best babywearing carriers baby carriers babywearing
Kate Upton says the pressure to breastfeed 'was sucking the energy' from her
Heather Marcoux
Feeding your new baby can be a beautiful experience, but it can also be really hard. We at Motherly have talked about it. Amy Schumer has talked about it. And now Kate Upton is talking about it, too.
Upton and her husband Justin Verlander became parents when their daughter Genevieve was born in November 2018, and in a new interview with Editorialist, Upton explains that while she loves motherhood she didn't always love breastfeeding.
"Having VeVe has changed my life in such a wonderful way," she explains, adding that in the early days of motherhood she felt "so much pressure"..."to be doing all these things, like breastfeeding on the go—when the reality, for me, was that breastfeeding was sucking the energy away from me. I realized I needed to calm down, to allow my body to recover."
Breastfeeding can take up a lot of a mama's time and energy in those early weeks and months, and while Upton doesn't explicitly say whether she switched to formula, combo fed, pumped or what, it's clear that she did give herself some grace when it came to breastfeeding and found the right parenting pace by taking the pressure off of herself.
Kate Upton on Instagram: "My daily motivation to spread positivity & empower one another. ❤ #ShareStrong"
Upton took the pressure off herself when it came to her demanding breastfeeding schedule, and she's also resisting the pressure to keep up with a social media posting schedule.
"I want to be enjoying my life, enjoying my family, not constantly trying to take the perfect picture," she says. "I think my husband wants me to throw my phone away. We talk about it in the house all the time: 'Let's have a phone-free dinner.' We don't want [our daughter] thinking being on the phone is all that life is."
Whether the pressure to be perfect is coming from your phone or from society's conflicting exceptions of mothers it's a force worth rejecting. Upton is loving life at her own pace, imperfect as reallife can be.
kate upton baby kate upton motherhood kate upton kate upton breastfeeding breastfeeding pressure to breastfeed feeding baby celebrity moms celebrity parents
Summer Infant's SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper isn't safe, says CSPC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been warning parents not to use inclined sleepers for months now, after a series of infant deaths and an investigation by Consumer Reports led to a recall of the very popular inclined sleeper, the Fisher-Price Rock n' Play.
The Rock n' Play recall led to other recalls, and eventually to the CPSC developing public service messaging asking parents to avoid all inclined sleeping products.
This week the CPSC issued a warning about a specific product, Summer Infant, Inc.'s SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper.
In a statement, the commission explained: "Based on CPSC staff's evaluation of the product, how it is used, and outside expert analysis, CPSC staff believes that the Summer Infant SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper puts infants at risk of suffocation. Although CPSC is not aware of any incidents or deaths involving the Summer Infant SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper, CPSC urges consumers to stop using the product immediately."
This comes after the Manning report, conducted independently by expert Erin Mannen, Ph.D., a mechanical engineer specializing in biomechanics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She tested and evaluated the design of inclined sleep products for infants and found that "products with inclines 10 degrees or less, with flat and rigid surfaces, are likely safe for infant sleep [and that] soft and plush-like sleep surfaces pose dangers to infants," the CPSC states.
USCPSC on Instagram: "CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Summer Infant (USA), Inc.'s SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission…"
In a statement to Motherly, a spokesperson for SUMR Brands explained the company has already stopped making and selling this product.
"No caregiver has ever reported an injury or death in the SwaddleMe By Your BedSleeper," they explain.
The statement continues: "The company hasn't produced the By Your Bed Sleeper in more than a year, and has no plans to make more. The product is no longer being sold by any major retailers. The By Your Bed Sleeper has significant design differences from other inclined sleepers. The CPSC is developing new rules for this category. We fully support that process, along with any new rules, once they have been set."
It's important to note that the CPSC announcement is a warning, not a recall, but the CPSC still wants a recall. It just has not yet reached an agreement with Summer Infant for a voluntary recall. (Almost all recalls are voluntary, it's rare that the CPSC has to issue a mandatory recall—that only happens when a company can't or won't take part).
Bottom line: The CPSC wants parents to avoid all inclined sleepers.
sleeper recall inclined sleeper recall inclined infant sleepers baby product recall summer infant swaddled by your bed sleeper inclined sleeper safety safe sleep safety baby safety sleep safety inclined sleepers summer infant
Childcare is unaffordable and presidential candidates are finally talking about it
[Editor's note: Motherly is committed to covering all relevant presidential candidate plans as we approach the 2020 election. We are making efforts to get information from all candidates. Motherly does not endorse any political party or candidate. We stand with and for mothers and advocate for solutions that will reduce maternal stress and benefit women, families and the country.]
If you did not have time to watch the Democratic debate last night, don't worry mama, we've got you.
The Democratic debates are an opportunity for American voters to have their questions answered by the candidates, and this week's debate saw candidates tackle a question that is so important for many American parents:
How can we make childcare affordable?
The question was submitted by a young mother named Tiffany. She explained, "As a young mom, I had to quit a job I love because childcare costs were taking up two-thirds of my income. Many families don't have the option of quitting a job because that little bit of income is needed. That leads to families using whatever care they can find, and sometimes the results are deadly, as we've seen in Iowa over the last few years. How will you prioritize accessing quality, affordable child care in your first 100 days in office?"
Here's how the candidates responded to this all too common story.
Pete Buttigieg on affordable childcare
Pete Buttigieg on Instagram: "It's great to be back on the trail after a few restful days at home. Thank you to all of you who spent part of your holiday weekend with…"
Pete Buttigieg was the first to tackle the question of affordable childcare during the January debate. When co-moderator Brianne Pfannenstiel, the chief politics reporter for the Des Moines Register, lobbed the question to the midwestern mayor he agreed that no parent should be spending two-thirds of their pay on childcare.
Buttigieg stated that he wants to see the cost of childcare get down to 7% or less of a family's income, as recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, but as Motherly has previously reported, most American families pay a lot more than 7%.
Buttigieg said he has met "professionals who sometimes say that they're working in order to be able to afford childcare in order to be able to be working. It makes no sense, and it must change, and we shouldn't be afraid to put federal dollars into making that a reality."
He continued: "Subsidizing childcare and making sure that we are building up a workforce of people who are paid at a decent level to offer early childhood education, as well as childcare writ large. We can do that. And until we do, this will be one of the biggest drivers of the gender pay gap. Because when somebody like the voter asking the question has to step out of the workforce because of that reason, she is at a disadvantage when she comes back in, and that can affect her pay for the rest of her career."
Buttigieg is correct—mothers do the majority of the unpaid care work in this country and are often seen as the default parent in dual-income, heterosexual households. Being forced out of the workforce when childcare costs too much can cost moms for years to come.
According to the Center for American Progress, mothers lose out on way more than just their annual salary when we leave the workforce to care for kids: There's also lost wage growth, and the loss of retirement plan contributions and benefits.
Let's say Tiffany had been making $50,000 a year before she was forced to quit, and is going to stay home until her child is in kindergarten...Tiffany's going to lose $200,000 in lost wages, $179,837 in lost wage growth, and $159,958 in lost retirement assets and benefits.
That mom is facing a lifetime income loss of $539,795 because she can't afford childcare right now.
Buttigieg needs to offer more details about his plan, but he's definitely right when he says "It makes no sense, and it must change."
Elizabeth Warren on affordable childcare
Elizabeth Warren on Instagram: "With just days until the Iowa caucuses, any amount you can give helps @IAForWarren keep up the momentum—from purchasing materials for…"
Next, Pfannenstiel turned to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, asking about a possible income limit for free childcare in Warren's plan. "Why do your plans cover everyone for public college, but not childcare and early learning?" Pfannenstiel asked.
"My plan is universal childcare for everyone. It just has some people adding a small payment," Warren explained.
Warren said she wants people to understand the plan and understand that, "I've been there. You know, I remember when I was a young mom. I had two little kids, and I had my first real university teaching job. It was hard work. I was excited. But it was childcare that nearly brought me down. We went through one childcare after another, and it just didn't work."
A family member, her aunt, stepped up to make sure Warren didn't have to quit her job, and Warren knows that we can't rely on aunts to fix the childcare crisis.
In her reply, Warren recognized that stepping back from the workforce can significantly reduce a mother's lifetime income (as mentioned above, five years out of the workforce for a mom making $50,000 a year can reduce her lifetime income by more than half a million dollars. This isn't just a matter of lost salary, it's also a matter of lost wage growth, and lost retirement funds.)
"I think about how many women of my generation just got knocked off the track and never got back on, how many of my daughter's generation get knocked off the track and don't get back on, how many mamas and daddies today are getting knocked off the track and never get back on," said Warren.
She continued: "I have a two cent wealth tax so that we can cover childcare for all of our children, and provide universal pre-K for every 3-year-old and 4-year-old in America, and stop exploiting the people who do this valuable work, largely black and brown women. We can raise the wages of every childcare worker and preschool teacher in America. That's an investment in our babies. That's an investment in their mamas and their daddies. And it's an investment in our teachers and in our economy."
Bernie Sanders on affordable childcare
Bernie Sanders on Instagram: "At the end of the day, our job is to end the hatred Trump is fostering, trying to divide us up by the color of our skin, where we are from…"
After Warren, Pfannenstiel tossed the topic to Sen. Bernie Sanders, asking if his plan for universal childcare program would be free for everyone regardless of income. Sanders pointed out how little the nation's childcare workers earn despite the very important job they are doing, comparing childcare worker's wages to those at McDonalds.
While Sanders' comparison of childcare worker's wages to fast food workers is flawed (as CNN's fact check team notes, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics says the mean hourly wage for fast food worker makes $10.70 and the mean hourly wage for a childcare worker is $11.83) he raises an important point: As Motherly has previously reported, the average Amazon delivery driver in America earns more than the average day care worker or nanny.
When asked if his plan for universal childcare would be free to everyone, Sanders confirmed.
"We need to fundamentally change priorities in America. We should not be one of a few countries that does not have universal high-quality affordable childcare. We should not be one of the only major countries not to guarantee health care to all people as a human right. We should not be spending more than the 10 next countries on the military, hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, tax breaks for billionaires, and then tell the moms and dads in this country we cannot have high-quality affordable childcare."
Joe Biden on affordable childcare
Joe Biden on Instagram: "Had a great town hall in Greenville yesterday where we discussed our plans increase mental health services in schools & ensure educators…"
Former Vice President Joe Biden is considered by some to be the winner of this week's debate, and he, too, supports universal childcare. Like Warren, he took Pfannenstiel's question as an opportunity to remind the country that he has personally struggled with childcare in the past as a parent.
"There should be free universal infant care, but here's the deal. You know, I was a single parent, too. When my wife and daughter were killed, my two boys I had to raise. I was a senator, a young senator. I just hadn't been sworn in yet. And I was making $42,000 a year," he explained
Biden went on to recall that the unaffordable nature of childcare was one of the reasons why as a young solo parent he needed to commute 250 miles a day, because like Warren, he had to rely on family members for childcare. Next, he outlined how his plan will help parents who are in situations like that today.
"When I triple the amount of money for Title I schools, every child, 3, 4, and 5 years old, will, in fact, have full schooling. They'll go to school and after-school programs, which will release some of the burden," Biden explained.
He continued: "Secondly, I think we should have an $8,000 tax credit which would put 7 million women back to work that could afford to go to work and still care for their children as an $8,000 tax credit. I also believe that we should, in fact, for people who, in fact, are not able to afford any of the infant care to be able to get that care."
He then added: "But Bernie's right. We have to raise the salaries of the people who are doing the care. And I [will] provide for that, as well."
Tom Steyer and Sen. Amy Klobuchar did not take questions about childcare during the January debate. Klobuchar has previously worked with Republican Dan Sullivan to introduce the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act, "to bring the cost of child care down and provide more child care centers in areas that need them the most." Steyer's plans and position on childcare costs remain unclear.
On February 3, 2020 Democrats in the Iowa caucuses will begin voting and time will soon tell which of the candidates will run against President Trump.
(For more information on where the other candidates stand on paid leave, childcare costs and health care see our previous coverage).
democrats childcare bernie sanders universal childcare elizabeth warren universal childcare pete buttigieg childcare joe biden chilldcare childcare crisis childcare costs democratic debates election 2020 affordable childcare
This mom's viral tweet shows what *really* happens to your time after you have a baby
There's a chart going viral on Twitter right now and you don't have to be a data expert to understand it, although the mom behind the image is. Caitlin Hudon is a data scientist and a chart she created and tweeted has mothers everywhere nodding in agreement.
A new mom herself (her daughter is almost 6 months old) Hudon decided to measure how she used her time pre-baby and after welcoming her baby. The resulting chart is a pastel representation of something new parents know (and something society too often ignores): Taking care of a baby is incredibly time-consuming.
"The way you spend your time changes significantly when you have a baby (especially if you're a woman who decides to breastfeed)," Hudon captioned her chart. "I think this is best explained visually."
Nursing/pumping is represented by pink in her chart, and it is easy to see how that activity took over her life in the first couple of months of motherhood. She literally did nothing but nurse, pump, sleep and care for her baby.
"My goal for making the visualization was to help others to understand the way in which your day-to-day changes after you have a baby (and especially if you're breastfeeding). I knew, obviously, that life would change after having a baby, but I had no idea what it would like, and more specifically, I had no idea just how much time breastfeeding would take or the ways in which it's a constant part of your day," Hudon told Motherly via Twitter messages.
Hudon followed up her first chart with another chart examining just two categories: Nursing/pumping versus doing literally anything else.
"It truly can't be overstated how much time is devoted to nursing in the first six months of baby's life. (I really had no idea until I went through it!" she wrote on Twitter.
"With the exception of sleep, I haven't gone more than four hours without nursing or pumping in 5.5 months. I think that's wild, and absolutely worth talking about," she tells Motherly.
Hudon is happy to see her data going viral, because it is sparking important conversations about the expectations new parents have, and the expectations society puts on them.
As Motherly has previously reported, new parents are under intense pressure to breastfeed, but a lack of paid parental leave and protections for breasting parents in the workplace make this already time-consuming task even more difficult.
As Hudon tells Motherly, she was privileged to have support from her partner. "I'm super lucky that my husband was able to take time off work to help. (He didn't get formal parental leave, but was able to take some of his saved sick time off to take care of me.) There's so much household stuff that didn't fit into this viz, like cleaning, laundry, dishes, etc., and it all slotted into time where we were caring for baby or free time. It's a lot to balance," she explains.
This is not the first time a new parent has used data visualization to tell the story of how our time use changes when we have a baby. Self-described new dad and data nerd Reddit user jitney86 shared his personal journey in 2017, posting his parental sleep deprivation in the form of a graph after he and his wife meticulously tracked their baby's life in 15-minute increments from three months to 17 months old.
When the data was plotted visually it showed a shift from erratic newborn behavior to more consistent sleep patterns.
Those extended sleep periods—for parents and babies—were also demonstrated in a 2010 study published in the journal Pediatrics, which found babies' sleep habits rapidly improved in the first months of life. The researchers also found that by baby's first birthday, 85% of parents could also celebrate consistently uninterrupted nights of sleep.
This is similar to Hudon's chart in a way: Over time her pink bars of breastfeeding/pumping get thinner, and more time for herself returns.
When we're in the thick of it, not sleeping and living our lives in 3-hour increments based on breastfeeding schedules it can feel like things will never get better—but it will happen, mama.
breastfeeding time mother time use viral chart time after baby breastfeeding nursing mental load mental load of motherhood
`); } }) set_mobile_article();

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Excel Dryer, Inc., manufacturer of the XLERATOR® and new XLERATOReco® hand dryers, today announced several installations of high-speed, energy-efficient Green Apple XLERATOR® hand dryers on behalf of the third annual Green Apple Day of Service. Green Apple is an initiative from the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Excel Dryer has partnered with Green Apple and created custom covered high-speed, energy-efficient Green Apple XLERATOR hand dryers that are available for any facility to purchase; a portion of all proceeds go back to support the Green Apple program. The Green Apple XLERATOR hand dryer can be co-branded to include school logos, colors, mascots or a custom sustainability message.


Brooklyn, NY (October 24, 2016) – Dr. Jack Choueka, Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center, announced that Dr. Ahmed Saleh has joined the Orthopedic Spine Surgery team, bolstering the hospital's comprehensive orthopedic services.
A graduate of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Dr. Saleh is board-certified and fellowship trained at the University of Rochester Medical Center. It's a homecoming of sorts for Dr. Saleh, since he served as Chief Resident in Orthopedic Surgery at Maimonides.
Dr. Saleh specializes in the treatment of neck and back disorders for both adolescents and adults, with a special interest in spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis, spinal trauma, and degenerative diseases of the neck and back. He treats a broad range of neck and spinal disorders including cervical myelopathy, cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, herniated discs, neck and lower back pain, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, sciatica, and spine fractures.
A native New Yorker, Dr. Saleh is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, National Association of Spine Surgeons, America Orthopaedic Association, and Brooklyn Orthopaedic Society. He has published and contributed to numerous articles in leading journals, including Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, Journal of Spine, Ultrasound Clinics, and Global Spine Journal.
Please send us your Maimonides Bone and Joint Center Welcomes Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Ahmed Saleh MD questions or any questions to our friendly staff via our online Contact Form. You may also contact us at or visit our office at 6010 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11204.


text:
The first Bavarian railway mission was established at the Munich Central Station in 1897 - grown out of a reception service for unaccompanied young women, who came from the country looking for work in the city. To protect the young women from exploitation and trafficking, some dedicated Ladies from Munich founded the "Marian Girl´s Protection Association in Bavaria" in 1985. Largely thanks to Ellen Ammann and Luise Fogt, the first Catholic railway mission was founded in Germany. Just like its older "Protestant sister" in Berlin it was a role model for future foundations, which later, in 1910, became organized in the conference for church railway missions. This was the first ecumenical merger in Germany. The good ecumenical cooperation is also maintained in the association of the church railway missions in Bavaria, in which 13 Bavarian railway missions have merged together.
The offers of those help institutions live on the commitment of volunteers. Almost 300 volunteering women and men help together with full-time staff to keep up the railway mission´s work by providing company on a journey or to help people finding their way. Their exemplary commitment has been awarded with the social price of the Bavarian Foundation, which has been representatively accepted by the consortium of the ecclesiastical railway missions. Thanks to this price money two Bavarian-wide volunteering days could take place - as a sign of gratitude and appreciation for their tireless efforts.
Railway missions in Germany
Wirtschaftsberatung/Rahmenverträge, Veranstaltungen
frank@diakonie-bayern.de


text:
Don't Rage Against the Dying of This Light (It's Only for an Hour!)
You may remember (or not, and that's okay) that I blogged a while back about setting the thermostat lower and hoping to stargaze on March 29th, as I hope that all across America people turn off their lights for one glorious hour.
Well, people: it's not just Lights Out America: it's now EARTH HOUR.
Turn off your lights TOMORROW, March 29th, at EIGHT PM LOCAL TIME (no lame "I can't do the math" excuses need apply).
Do it, because it sounds like fun– an hour in the lovely spring twilight, spent watching the last fingers of dusk spread across the sky, or indoors by candlelight.
Do it because it sounds like a good idea.
Do it because if we don't try, how will we know if we can make a difference?
28 Mar	This entry was published on March 28, 2008 at 7:07 pm and is filed under Toward Nirvana.	Bookmark the permalink.	Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.
Older: But "Insanity" Hath Only Eight Letterth
Newer: Worrying About What You Cannot Help
9 thoughts on "Don't Rage Against the Dying of This Light (It's Only for an Hour!)"
Ghosty on March 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm said:
Nuts. 8:19p, and I just got home. You're supposed to tell us about this stuff the day before.
*sits with the lights on watching the news*
*feels guilty*
*watches news with light off*
Zhu on March 29, 2008 at 12:44 am said:
Will do it. Just heard about it today… thanks for the reminder. And for once, I'm NOT gonna be cynical and go "well, industries consume more electricity in a minute that all of us in a hour". I promise.
Vixen on March 29, 2008 at 2:30 pm said:
I signed up for it.
It'll be like camping out only inside since the weather isn't quite warm enough to be out.
Frances on March 29, 2008 at 5:24 pm said:
Hopefully there will be a big difference in the New York skyline.
Much bloglove,
Kerri Anne on March 29, 2008 at 6:27 pm said:
Woot! for Earth Hour. I'm excited! about it. I can't wait to see how dark our neighborhood gets.
Anita on March 30, 2008 at 6:27 pm said:
I can guarantee our lights were off… of course, we weren't home… lol
anOCgirl on April 1, 2008 at 8:16 am said:
i took a nap during earth hour. the lights were off. does that count?


Since Grey Lynn 2030 formed in 2008 we have organised around focus groups that pick up initiatives and projects to run with. We are celebrating our 10 year anniversary on 28 October 2018 and warmly invite you to join us! Many of the focus group have kicked off ideas that have developed into self-sustaining organisations such as the Grey Lynn Business Association.
Others such as Green Screen happened over a couple of years, raised awareness and then ended when volunteers moved on to new projects. However, in 2018 we resumed the Green Screen with film screenings such as "A Dangerous Future" in March 2018, "Bag It" in May 2018 and "A Plastic Ocean" on 26 September 2018.
The Grey Lynn 2030 Trust continues to function as an umbrella group to help promote aligned projects and organisations within the Grey Lynn area such as community gardens and the Grey Lynn Community Centre. The Trust also organises one off events and guest speakers.
If you are interested in setting up a focus group or reactivating a group please get in touch. All our activities are the result of work by volunteers committed to our vision.
Held on the last Sunday of the month in the Grey Lynn RSC car park on Francis Street, the Car Boot Market is a place for everyone in the community who would like to sell, swap or give away things they no longer need. Visit our Facebook page to view the upcoming dates.
The original Energy focus group is not currently active. However, Grey Lynn locals Nina and Steve are keen to get involved in our Grey Lynn 2030 community and contribute their professional experience on energy and climate change issues. They are testing interest in starting a focus group on these topics and exploring ideas and info evenings on related subjects such as home energy efficiency tips; solar pros, cons and how-tos; community electricity, and people-friendly local planning initiatives etc. If you are interested or would like to join a discussion, please email us.
We kicked off the Grey Lynn Business Association which was incorporated in September 2010.
The first Grey Lynn 2030 community meeting in 2008 was the catalyst for the Grey Lynn Farmers Market which is now run as an incorporated society with a management committee.
GLUE was formed to provide feedback on the draft Auckland Unitary Plan. For more information or to join, email us. GLUE is not currently active.
The Local government group meets to discuss how best Grey Lynn 2030 can work with local government and develop a positive working relationship. The Local government group is not currently active.
This group started in early 2018 and over 100 BYO Bags Grey Lynn have been sewn by the team with more than 70 donated so far to help businesses in the West Lynn and Richmond Rd retail areas become Plastic Bag Free! The group meets once a month to continue sewing bags. Visit our Facebook page to view the upcoming dates.
West Lynn residents have been looking at solutions to deal with traffic issues. The group hosted David Engwicht in 2009 and were inspired by his approach to making neighbourhoods safe and vibrant. The Traffic calming group is not currently active.
Trash to trade is an exciting new community initiative that encourages everyone to give up-cycling a try. In conjunction with participating business associations, Grey Lynn 2030 is working with sustainable businesses and the education sector to encourage people to upcycle items that would normally end up in the landfill. For more information or to join, email us.
Are you interested in waste in Grey Lynn? If so, you are welcome to come along to the meetings and share your ideas, be inspired and plan some action. The group currently meets at 7.30pm on the third Thursday of the month at the Grey Lynn RSC. Please see our newsletter updates to see the next meeting date, time and venue.
The rehabilitation of Edgars Stream was one of Grey Lynn 2030's first projects. Native fish were found in the stream and community planting days held. The Water focus group is not currently active.