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Here’s to ‘making our world bigger again’ in 2022
DECEMBER 2021, VOL. 18, NO. 12
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Alayne Sulkin EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR Patty Lindley
ParentMap has traditionally pegged its December installment of the magazine as its annual “global” issue. This umbrella theme has inspired coverage of a wide range of topics over the years, depending upon the current parenting zeitgeist. For the second year in a row, we remain hampered by the constraints of the pandemic in practically every aspect of our lives. Though connotatively and actually “global” in its very nature — posing as it does a universal threat to all families on Earth — the COVID-19 pandemic telescopes our attention inward, refocusing it to home-front concerns about our individual family’s survival. We’ve made our worlds small so that we can remain safe.
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COPY EDITOR Sunny Parsons CONTRIBUTORS Gemma Alexander, Heidi Borst, April Chan, Annie Garrett, M.Ed., JiaYing Grygiel, Devon Hammer, Rachel Knecht, Rebecca Mongrain, Susan Newman, Ph.D., Kali Sakai
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For parents of “pandemic born” newborns and toddlers, Garrett notes, “If there is one thing I have gained from the pandemic … it’s a deeper appreciation for [the family] village. I didn’t know just how desperately we needed it, until now.”
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No matter their kids’ ages, all parents have had parched prospects over the past two years when it came to patching together ways to make our COVID-19-winnowed world “bigger” for their families. Our annual holiday arts and events traditions — most of which were shuttered or virtualized in 2020 — are in normal years some of the most engaging ways we remain connected to our local and global cultural communities. With COVID-19 vaccines now available to safeguard our younger kids, those cherished experiences are back! Get to planning an epic month of festive outings with our sampler of sensational shows (Let It Show, p. 26) and “nice list” of holiday delights (Play List, p. 24). My world felt instantly bigger just reading all about them.
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Fresh water for all (plus wine for the moms)
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That emotion regulation techniques were considered as imperative as algebra in education
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The ParentMap team wishes every family, near and far, a brighter (one more time: and bigger!) world this holiday season and in the new year ahead.
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OUT + ABOUT EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Devon Hammer
When local parent education expert Annie Garrett submitted her feature about her experience teaching parent-newborn cooperative classes for PEPS during the pandemic (Pandemic Rebound, p. 12), I was particularly taken by her No. 1 recommendation for parents who may be concerned about the cognitive and social development of littles born during this testing crisis: Find ways to make your world bigger again.
In this month’s Parent Day Jobs (p. 46), we share the “survived and thrived” story and words of Caroline Wright, a local cookbook author and mother of two who defied the odds of a terminal diagnosis, fueled by unshakable mother courage, and nourished by the power of community and the healing elixir that is … soup! Her inspiring journey is such a resonant reflection on this theme of making the world bigger for our children in the face of fear, devastation and the potential for loss.
If you had a magic wand and could wave it to give a gift to the world, what would you wish for?
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