Removing the masks may be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to caving to extremists, and that scares me the most—even more than COVID-19. This morning I walked my first grader to school and watched as they took off their toque at the door, slipped the loops of their mask over their […]
MONROE, CT – Justin Orlando, a Republican Education Committee nominee who rejects masked mandates, literally wore his views on his chest during an interview at Starbucks on Friday morning. His T-shirt read: “Breaking News: Fresh air is still fresh air.” He disagrees with Governor Ned Lamont having sole authority over how the state deals with […]
As a pediatrician and mother, I have spent the last 16 months experiencing COVID through the lens of the havoc it is wreaking on children and families. I remember the first few months during the first wave of New York City where children were locked in apartments watching their loved ones suffer and die as […]
The Orange County Board of Education alleged that wearing masks harms young children and announced Tuesday that it plans to sue Governor Gavin Newsom for an “unfair” state mandate for students to wear masks in classrooms this school year. The board voted 4-0 to file the lawsuit during the closed session, then had an attorney […]
All summer, New Orleans mom Carrie Booher restricted her children to outdoor activities in public, still wary of a pandemic that has picked up speed again after her world upset last year. With school starting on the French public immersion charter Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans in early August, Booher is on the fence about […]
