A Big Contest Thank You, Learning to Breathe, and Celebrity Parenting (Modern Parent Roundup)
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Thank you to EVERYONE who has clapped, shared, read, and commented, and especially to those who submitted an entry in our May “Am I Doing it Right” writing contest. We had a flurry of submissions at the 11th hour, and we’re still working through those, so be sure to check those stories out! We’ll be announcing the winners sometime later in June, so in the meantime, keep reading and sharing!
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Submissions
Life-threatening Viral Concerns to Obsess Over by Robin Jessie-Green
You’re All Done Working Daddy by Zachary Walston
Am I Doing this Pandemic Right? by Donna Sheehy
A Birth, a Death & a Pandemic by Jessie Waddell
Giving My Kids Free Reign to Do What They Want Online by Courtney Burry
Parenting Never Ends Or Does It? by David Martin
Second-Guessing Those COVID-Related Decisions by Susan Poole
My Failed Promise To Never Fight In Front of Our Kid by Julie van Maanen
How Lockdown Exposed One Huge Flaw In My Parenting Game by Adrienne Koziol
The Hundred Dollar Hamster by Sara Barnes
Parenting a Teen During a Pandemic by Ruby Lee
How A Global Pandemic Brought My Child Into Focus by Caitlin Cartwright
My Battle with Sadness as a Parent by Sylvia Emokpae
How I was shamed by my son’s daycare teacher by Jessica Lucia
I Sent My Preschooler Back to School in the Middle of a Pandemic by Katie Grant
Let Them Eat Pancakes for Dinner by Kendra
Isolating My Four-Year-Old — Right Or Wrong? by Jacqueline Eager
The Pandemic Taught My Teens Some Great Values by Rippy Gauba
Reeling My Daughter Back To Normalcy by Lipika
A Mom Has No Name (Am I Doing This Right?) By Jennifer Jarvis Burt
I Am a Selfish Mom by Archana Vanguri
Choosing Between Isolation And Social Interactions In A Pandemic by Sara Melissa Frost
I Tell My Son Now “I Don’t Have Time” by Jamie D Stacey
The Pandemic Redefined the Concept of a “Good Parent” by Emily Jennings
Childhood Emotional Tolls in a Pandemic by Chevanne Scordinsky
Should I be white-lying to my kids this much? by Ali Burns
Am I Promoting Lifelong Lazy-ness? by Jennifer McDougall
Chasing Dreams In The Pandemic by Shireen Sinclair
Motherhood in the Time of Corona by Rosie Talley
Seven benefits most parents ignore when downloading apps for kid by Alla Belova
Teaching and Parenting In A Pandemic by Rice & Beans
Why I Let My Husband Fix Breakfast Being a Stay at Home Mom by Brinda Koushik
And I quit my job…again by Rummy Kaur
I stop worrying about my son’s speech delay by Besty Puspa
Pandemic Parenting: Am I Doing This Right? by Jillian
This is Not Something I Want to Write by Becca Tillinghast
The Pandemic Revealed, What I Call, “The Certainty Trap” by Albiona M. Rakipi
What Is Our Family’s Acceptable Risk? by Lane Henry
Should I Rethink My Rebellion in a Pandemic? by Christina Vaughn
A Daily Question by Shirley Jones Luke
Mom fail: Am I doing this right? by Karine Barbier
What in the world am I doing? by Shams
Homeschool Was Never My Plan by Megan
I Struggled To Enforce New Pandemic Rules by Victoria Ponte
Am I Doing This Right! by Sona Khare
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Take a deep breath…just not with your mouth
We’ve been really enjoying Breath by James Nestor. Breathing is so fundamental to our survival as humans, yet, it seems like we’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
In the book, Nestor walks through the new science and studies behind breathing (including an alarming experiment where he only breathed through his mouth for weeks at a time, to his health’s detriment), as well as the tradition and history surrounding breathwork and why it’s been such a centerpiece of many cultures.
How we inhale and exhale can introduce drastic changes to our health and our mood, and Nestor provides multiple exercises for the common person to try in his book. But if we really had to sum it up, the real lesson is to breathe through your nose!
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