Newsletter-Late-Week

In a recent article in the KC Star by Catherine Pearson of the NYT News Service, she reports that the “mental health of mothers in the United States declined significantly from 2016 to 2023, according to a large new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.”“The percentage of mothers who rated their mental health as “excellent” dropped sharply during the study period. At the same time, the percentage of mothers who said that their mental health was poor increased – particularly among those who were single parents, or whose children had Medicaid or were uninsured.”She also reported that “Last year, Dr.

When the summer heat cranked up, it wasn’t unusual for dad to turn the air conditioner off in his home. If it was running full blast he worried it was money out of his pocket, so he would choose to sit in a sauna.Luckily, his house never had time to heat up, since I stopped by several times a day.

It’s been ages since I thought about my first car, been even longer since anyone cared to listen about it.Two of the grandsons, just three months apart, are 12 going on 19. They love to talk the talk, but can’t quite walk the walk.

As much as I worry about technology changing what I consider to be the norm for today's young families, the transition of dads being more hands-on with the care of their children's' needs is truly the key to why this generation will show us baby boomers how it's supposed to be done.The days of dads not changing diapers or not knowing how to soothe a colicky baby are over. Real men have spit-up on their shirts, know the words to all the songs in "Frozen" and can not only cook dinner but will fulfill the promise of playing catch afterwards.Our daughters' husbands are my superheroes.