Lauren Wilde
@wilde
Lauren Wilde
Two parts of the rebrand of the stay-at-home parent: 1. It’s immense valuable work 2. We’re still growing and learning. Why? So we get the support and respect needed during chapters of caregiving and the time away from the traditional workforce is respected and supported in our transition back to the paid workforce.
instagram.com“Researchers from the UK’s Mindlab International measured subconscious brain activity in sleeping men and women and found that while a baby’s crying was the number one nighttime sound most likely to wake up a woman, it didn’t even figure into the male top ten—lagging behind car alarms. And strong wind.”
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The hardcover set of the Inward Trilogy is available through the link!
I remember when I first started writing Inward when I lived in Brooklyn back in 2015. I would have never imagined this handful of lessons that I was learning and reflecting on would turn into a trilogy that has sold over 1.3 million copies... See more
instagram.com“Even when they are asleep, infants as young as six months react negatively to angry, argumentative voices, as University of Oregon researchers discovered by measuring brain activity of babies in the presence of steadily rising voices. Babies raised by unhappily married parents have been shown to have a host of developmental problems, from delayed... See more
I find this topic so fascinating and have been loving all of the convos I have been getting to have with you all in the comments and DMs!
This question was a helpful one for myself as I was trying to decide to have kids.
Is there a question you would encourage other fence sitters to ask... See more
instagram.comWithin the next couple of decades, a new generation of contraceptives could hit the American market. One, a pill that blocks certain cells from accessing vitamin A, might be able to limit fertility without flooding the body with hormones; another is an injection that temporarily blocks up the reproductive plumbing. The method that’s furthest along... See more
“Perhaps the least visible but most pervasive job is that of household manager. “That one is constant,” Smock says. “It’s the person who remembers everything: that Joey needs to have a dentist appointment, what foods each child likes, that a babysitter needs to be hired for the weekend. If a mother is handing her husband a grocery list, he is given... See more