For Mother’s Day, we asked New York Times readers to share their moms’ go-to sayings. More than 5,000 of you wrote in with adages that were wise, moving and often funny — from the golden rule to the importance of always wearing clean underwear. Scroll down to read a few dozen of our favorites, which […]
Good Hope’s Hunter Burns and Destiny Jones. (Courtesy of Destiny Jones) GOOD HOPE, Ala. — There are a lot of inspirational stories you can find in high school sports, from special needs kids playing in sporting events, to people helping out others who are dealing with a lot in their lives right now. Imagine, though, […]
Diego Vargas fell in love with music when he was in sixth grade. That’s when he started playing the saxophone. He later became involved in his school’s drama group and joined the high school band. And now he’s also a DJ and sound engineer, coordinating the sound at New Life Baptist Church on Sundays and […]
Lonliness. Isolation. Cheeks that hurt from laughing out loud. Emphasize. Uncertainty. Newfound appreciation for inner strength. Connection with a higher power and with each other. Gratitude. These are just a few of the words that describe what Champaign-Urbana parents and guardians have experienced since the arrival of COVID-19 to our community in March 2020. What […]
In the current school year, parents and teachers alike are facing the ongoing challenges and uncertainties of the pandemic, a return to personal learning and the best preparation of our children for an increasingly complex world. But despite the unknown, as parents and caregivers we can move from a place of fear to a place […]
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank estimated that more than half of children in low- and middle-income countries were not getting the basic reading skills necessary to support future learning. The pandemic has exacerbated this global learning crisis, with more than 100 million additional children estimated to fall below the minimum level of […]
A new book aims to rewrite the narrative of childbirth with intimate stories and photographs of remarkable mothers. Motherhood begins when that faint line shows up on a pregnancy test and sets in motion a series of transformative changes, both physical and emotional, ugly and beautiful, raw and relentless. We’re so used to seeing Instagram […]
