Gail Cornwall
@gailcornwall
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Writer, mother, lawyer, teacher. Bylines: @TheAtlantic @thenation @Salon @nytimes @guardian @parents @WashingtonPost @USNews @GoodHouseMag @USATODAY & more.
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2010
Women are told that the early years of parenting are tough, but they’ll naturally adapt to motherhood; when they don’t, it’s because they’re selfish, damaged, or both. This research tells a different story. My latest for @TheAtlantic.
theatlantic.com
A small but significant proportion of mothers and fathers wish they’d never had children. The whole family can suffer as a result.
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“How do you get off social media without people forgetting you exist?”
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“Social Studies,” a documentary series by Lauren Greenfield, follows a group of young people, and screen-records their phones, to capture how social media has reshaped their lives.
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My 10-year-old this morning: . What’s the difference between politics and baseball? . In baseball, you’re out if you get caught stealing.
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RT @ReallyAmerican1: The View's Sunny Hostin suggests that employers remove the "convicted felon" disclosure requirement from employment fo….
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A lot of gutting thoughts this morning, among them, this:. Walz/Harris would have won.
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RT @afsc_org: Early this morning, Donald Trump was declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election. Our commitment to building and am….
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RT @joshcowenMSU: Small comfort now, but vouchers went 0-3 on state ballots. 100’s of thousands of Trump voters voted against school vou….
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Just in time for Halloween, a haunting tale well-told.
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Was the death of Richard Lancelyn Green, the world’s foremost Sherlock Holmes expert, an elaborate suicide or a murder? David Grann reports, from 2004.
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RT @DrCJohns: Pediatrician here. If a nice, older kid/teenager comes trick or treating at your place, give them a piece of candy WITHOUT g….
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And I say that as someone who has sung the praises of other Jess Grose columns. Her series on religion, for example, was thought-provoking and important. But we all swing and miss sometimes.
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This is a truly horrible take that's either negligently under-reported or intentionally ignoring some of the primary arguments made by those who oppose high-stakes testing. Heart vs. mind?! The degree of mischaracterization & condescension is astonishing.
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A ballot initiative targets tests rather than fixing problems in the system.
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RT @ByMoriah: There's a lot of research that shows that Black children do better when they have Black teachers. My story on a program that….
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A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.
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Research on the “light triad” finds that three things are strongly correlated with well-being: “believing in the fundamental goodness of humans, treating everyone with dignity and respect, and not using people for your own personal gain.” Let’s be better to feel better.
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RT @mar_to_go: The weekend before Halloween is a good time to revisit this @gailcornwall story about how it's okay to scare kids! (Within r….
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Big thanks to @annanorthtweets for featuring my article for @TheCut in her latest for @voxdotcom. It's unfathomable to me how little we question the use of apps that track kids and compel their parents to do the same.
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Grade-tracking apps are giving kids anxiety.
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Parents, grandparents, & teachers: Wondering how to exchange age-appropriate info & ideas about political institutions, politicians, & policy? Academic research leads the way. And so can kids' books! My latest for @goodhousemag has updated recommendations.
goodhousekeeping.com
They know more about the election than you think — at least let them hear it from you.
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Phenomenal kicker alert: Don’t scroll on by. Don’t stop reading at the top. Give @Ariana__Bindman time to warm up. You won’t regret it.
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It's believed it was also once consumed — and revered — by the ancient Romans.
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Schools graduate low-income students “by reducing financial barriers [&] providing an array of academic support through learning communities, peer support & undergraduate research experiences…. [T]hey deliberately find ways to increase students’ sense of belonging on campus.”.
How four universities graduate their low-income students at much higher rates than average - The Hechinger Report
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“Success [in parenting] isn’t … maintaining a particular mood or Instagram-approved vocal register. Success is being present in the chaos of the exchange, … holding on and letting go. Success is knowing that this dance is some of the hardest work I will ever do in my life.”.
THIS, from a source in @elissaavery's piece: “I like to think of good care as a dance. Whoever is leading may have some idea of where and how caring should go, but it has to be constantly responsive to the one being cared for, trying to match their steps.”
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