- The Cap
- Posts
- You brought your kids…where?
You brought your kids…where?
Plus: What Gigi Hadid can teach us about parenting
Hello everyone! We finally had our first day of school yesterday here in Canada. As always, drop-off was a mix of emotions, energies, and big feelings. Nat’s crew had their most successful first day to-date (finally, a year without the kids digging in their heels and refusing to go inside the school), and we’re celebrating that…but also any parent who’s doing their best to navigate the complicated new beginnings this time of year always brings. Here’s to you. ❣️
Mom YouTuber Arrested on Child Abuse Charges
Source: NBC News
We’ve got to talk about the parent influencers. Ruby Franke, a Utah mom who became known for her extreme, incredibly strict parenting on the now-defunct family YouTube channel "8 Passengers,” was arrested on child abuse charges last week. The arrest came after months of Franke’s former YouTube audience (her channel had 2.3 million subscribers before it was taken down) calling on authorities to investigate how Franke’s often troubling parenting tactics were impacting her six children.
It’s sparked a much-needed conversation about how we view parenting influencers, especially the ones who are doling out tons of unverified or even dangerous parenting tips online. What do you think—is there a better way to hold parenting creators accountable?
Gigi Hadid: A Model for Co-Parenting and Work/Life Balance
For someone so famous, Gigi Hadid seems so down to earth about parenting, working, and finding balance. The supermodel and mom to a three-year-old shared her approach to co-parenting with her ex, Zayn Malik, and how having “half the time” has forced her to put things into perspective.
P.S. If you’re looking for tips on perfecting your step-family dynamic or co-parenting skills, we’ve got just the interview for you.
What to Know About Cardiac Defects in Teen Athletes
Source: Healthday
A month after LeBron James’s 18-year-old son, Bronny, suffered cardiac arrest in a basketball workout, his family shared the cause of the scary incident: Bronny has an anatomically and functionally significant congenital heart defect. He’s being treated and should be back to healthy soon.
Worried about your kids as sports pick back up? Keep this in mind →
According to the Mayo Clinic, sudden cardiac arrest is the number one cause of death in youth athletes.
But…data from the CDC suggests sudden cardiac arrest in seemingly healthy individuals younger than 25 amounts to about 2,000 deaths each year. Translation? It’s super rare. Less than 1% of cardiac arrest deaths are in young people.
If you’re interested in what you can do to protect your young athletes: make sure they 1) get a yearly physical with a pediatrician and 2) get any specialized sports physicals.
Redefining ‘Just Bring Your Kids’
Bianca Snyder has been bringing her seven-year-old son to Burning Man (yes, the “arts” festival for the coolest person you know) since he was an infant. This year, she caught some heat online after Burning Man’s 70,000 attendees (including her family) were put under a shelter-in-place order following heavy rain.
Would you bring your kids to a festival like Burning Man?
Would you bring your kids to a festival like Burning Man?Click one to let us know what you think. |
The perfect recs to help you reinvest in some of the most important relationships you have: the ones with your friends. Not the kids who you feed and clothe, not the partner who vowed to love you even when your hair extensions are grown out. The friends who are there because they love you for you, no questions asked.
We shared our tips for making mom friends with Motherly! Pro tip: Texting your friend to vent can be incredible self-care.
Here are some tips for making friends with moms at your kids’ school—because we all know you want someone to chit chat with at pickup.
The NYT argues that making other parent friends is a lot like dating, and we don’t disagree.
Always remember: You have to put yourself first to show up for anyone, friends included.
We just published our amazing interview with Dr. Lisa Damour on “mean girl phenomenon.” While it dealt primarily with the gals, we had a stunning revelation about boys, too. A small snippet?
“We socialize boys to not talk about their feelings. In 6th, 7th, and 8th grade as they are figuring out their masculinity, they think that talking about feelings is a girl thing to do. So when something happens and their mom asks ‘what is going on?’...it’s only mom who asks. If we want boys to talk about their feelings, the men in their lives need to talk about their own experiences and then ask the boys about their feelings.”
So our mission this week: Lead by example so that the young boys in our lives hear the people they love talking meaningfully about their feelings—which are valid. One way to start? You could try doing a rose, bud, thorn exercise at the dinner table. Let us know how it goes!