Let’s talk about sleep, baby
If you read my newsletter last week, you may remember that my intention for 2022 is to get enough sleep every
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Author: Irene Caselli
Three ways The First 1,000 Days plans to start 2022
This is a special edition of this newsletter that marks our first-year anniversary, so I’ll skip recommendations for this week.
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How I see the first 1,000 days recognised globally
My home city of Naples, in southern Italy, is famous for its wild celebrations on New Year’s Eve. Like many
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The novel anxiety of driving with children in tow
The last time I drove was in the very early stages of my pregnancy. We were house-sitting in a stone
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Humanising childbirth: less silence about the violence
We don’t remember when we were born — let alone the circumstances and the scene that day. They’re not really
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Dragons in the sky: children’s books tackling tough topics
Above our home in the south of Athens, Greece, Lorenzo often sees dragons. That’s what he thinks aeroplanes are, as
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In Greece, migrant children have the right to go to school
This is Marianna Liakou, a Greek kindergarten teacher I learned about thanks to the work of journalist Nikolia Apostolou, who
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How to change how we talk to children
Before we get into this week’s story, an important announcement! If you leave a comment below a story, you can
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‘Zika babies’ — and the stories that should not fall off our radar
It’s been six years since the Brazilian government declared a national public health emergency for Zika — a mosquito-borne virus
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Can you draw? I didn’t think I could – but then I was surprised
I can’t draw. This is how I premise any attempt at putting a pencil on paper, or even a piece
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