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pandemic parenting

The pandemic made me a stronger mother

While I am a bit bruised and a bit sore, I am still standing.

The pandemic won’t define me as a parent

I want my child to feel like I'm home base. His rock. Even in a global pandemic.

​Parents should be prioritized in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Parents must be considered essential in our society, and their health and safety prioritized.

‘I could never teach my kids’ and 3 other lies I believed about homeschooling

It took a once-in-a-century global pandemic to convince me to even consider trying it.

This veteran teacher never expected to teach her own child.  Then the pandemic happened

"I just was not meant to be my kid's teacher," she says. "It's a different dynamic."

To my child, if you remember anything from the pandemic, remember this…

When this is all over, I hope you remember these little moments.

This mom’s tweet about the pandemic went viral, and we need to talk about it

"I don't want to miss bedtime with my kid" is something many of us can relate to.

Grandma, we desperately miss you

A year into the pandemic, my family is profoundly feeling their grandparents' absence.

Happy birthday, COVID baby

It was just a few weeks before your birth when the whole world changed.

Feeling abandoned by her kids’ school district amid the pandemic, this mom became her children’s champion

This California mother is sharing her journey to getting her three children the services they need during the pandemic.

NBC News’ Hallie Jackson wants the world to know how hard it is to be a mom in the pandemic

The news correspondent became a new mom last year and knows the struggles firsthand.

My kids finally went back to in-person school, and I can’t stop crying

This milestone of them finally going back into school feels so extreme.

This viral tweet drops a truth bomb about pandemic parenting

Say it louder for those of us in the back, mama

8 lies I believed about what parenting in a pandemic would be like—until we all lived it

#2: That I would be ready to send my kids back to school when it became a possibility.

This powerful photo of a breastfeeding ICU nurse in PPE reminds us how essential working moms really are

ICU nurse Mandi Tuhro snapped this photo of herself during a much-needed break.

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