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Researching the Importance of Paid Leave: A look into how studies are conducted
Dec 19, 2024The United States is one of the only countries in the world that doesn’t guarantee paid parental leave. We point out this fact a lot, but what does it really mean when a family doesn't have the abilit...
Bess Kalb's Late-Night Panic Google
Dec 12, 2024Writer and excellent social media follow Bess Kalb ruminates on the best place to move your family to prepare for climate change, giving yourself intentional permission to worry, and the forbidden ple...
Why Is Nutrition So Stressful? The challenge of navigating “good” food choices
Dec 05, 2024Nutrition, along with sleep and screens, is one of the most contentious parenting topics there is. And questions about nutrition are particularly hard to answer with data, because disentangling correl...
ParentData Presents: The Lonely Palette's "Mary Kelly's Postpartum Document (1973-78)"
Nov 28, 2024Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., and after a fall – and a year – of divisiveness, could all use a holiday in which Americans are united in the task of consuming too much pie. More broadly, this holi...
It’s Not Hysteria: How women’s health gets overlooked
Nov 21, 2024We don’t all get to learn about vaginas in school or from our families or from creating a reputation as the "Vagina Economist." And quite frankly, this is to our detriment. But today on ParentData, we...
It's The Placenta Episode!
Nov 14, 2024Pop quiz: what’s the only organ that you grow from nothing and then casually discard, that magically bosses around your hormones, and actually your entire body, and that is actually made up of two dif...
Racial Disparity in C-Section Rates: Unpacking bias in the medical system
Nov 07, 2024When we talk about C-sections, it’s often prefaced with “unplanned” or “emergency.” About a third of all the deliveries in the U.S. are cesarean sections, and only about 16% of those are planned. And ...
Ultra-Processed Foods: What they are and whether we should worry
Oct 31, 2024There is nothing in the world of nutrition more confusing than ultra-processed foods. Seemingly every week, there is a new headline about the dangers of ultra-processed foods and their links to things...
The Power of Local Politics: How Vermont is revolutionizing child care
Oct 24, 2024In the run-up to November 5th, it's easy to feel hopeless about the state of our national discourse, and what any single one of us can do to make a difference. That's when we need to look local, where...
Steve Levitt's Late-Night Panic Google
Oct 17, 2024Freakonomics economist Professor Steve Levitt joins to weave a thrilling tale about worms in poop, and advocating for your child. Warning: this late-night panic Google is not for the faint of heart.Su...