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MotherhoodKids Recovered Nearly a Third of the Remaining Pandemic Reading Gap in a Year
The largest gains went to the children who had fallen furthest behind, though most grades are still reading below where they were before COVID.
MotherhoodMost Girls Play Sports for Fun, Not to Win
New national research from Girl Scouts of the USA says friendship and enjoyment keep young girls in sport, while win-pressure and the rising cost of playing are quietly pushing them out.
TravelAutumn Equinox 2026: What You Expect From 23 September Now and What Changed Since the Greek Astronomer Hipparchus' Records?
The sun crosses the equator at 1.05am on Wednesday 23 September. Five thousand years ago people in County Meath built a stone chamber to catch that morning's sunrise; this year the chamber is shut, Stonehenge opens free at dawn for an alignment it never had, and the date is booked into sound baths, forest bathing and a candle range that reached the shops in August.
HealthA Blood Test Can Catch Type 1 Diabetes Before Your Child Ever Feels Sick
For the first time, diabetes experts around the world agree on when young children should be tested, and the schedule is designed to fit the checkups your child already has.
Money & FamilyNot Being Able to Afford Enough Diapers Is Keeping Mothers Out of Work
About four in ten families with young children can't afford enough, neither food stamps nor WIC will pay for diapers, and there is free help you can reach right now.
FoodItaly's Anti-Inflammatory Season Starts When the Olive Mills Open in October
Newly pressed oil loses a fifth to nearly half of its oleocanthal within a year in the bottle, so the weeks after the harvest are the time for ribollita, pasta e fagioli and bagna cauda, with evidence behind them that is real but smaller than the marketing.
