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By Kerry Durst On July 15, the Philadelphia School District rolled out a reopening plan that left parents, students, and teachers with more questions than answers.  As a parent of two children in the district, I was disappointed to learn the district is not explicitly...

by Paige Wolf In the second week of March 2020, I was among the loudest voices calling for a shutdown of the schools. I knew that Coronavirus was serious and that what happened in Italy could (and essentially would) happen here in the states. I have several underlying...

By Kai McGee I am a boy mom. Can that be a thing, just an easy, breezy thing? It cannot, not for me anyway. I am the mother of a Black son. I am the mother of a Black son born in the United States of America. I am the mother of a teenage Black son in 2020. There is a...

By Jessica Perkins This week has been an intense and steady week. I have been emotionally exhausted, physically taxed, maternally inundated with catching big feelings and holding the space for littles in limbo, fighting some germs, and the weather took a turn for the...

by Amy Thetford You are tired. You are weary. You are an overworked, overwhelmed mom who is over the coronavirus crisis. I get you.  I feel you.  I am you.  We are all affected in some way by what’s going on around us - medically, economically, or both....