It’s here!! Thanks to @LAPublicLibrary for working with us to create this year’s @latimes parent reading guide filled with book recommendations, tips, tricks and resources for parents and educators.

Many vision problems go undiagnosed in kids under 5. Individualized support can prevent developmental delays. @latimes @kate_seq https://t.co/J0t6txwxms

Indiscriminate ICE raids in L.A. can resume: What rights do you have?

Navigating school lunch can be challenging for parents. ColorfulTikTok and Instagram videos show creatively shaped sandwiches and neatly cut vegetables arranged in bento box-like containers. But there are easier ways to make school lunch a success.

LAUSD students headed back to school Thursday amid ongoing ICE raids, casting a layer of fear among immigrant families over potential risk to their safety.

Campus patrols, volunteer escorts: First day jitters are in full gear as immigration fears cloud LAUSD’s return to school.

“Extreme weather can have major implications on the health and development of young children,” reports @kate_seq @latimes about how LA families and schools are adapting to hotter summers

Parents are conflicted about how much to tell their children about the immigration raids. Watch mental health experts advise on how to talk to children about the raids @kate_seq @latimes

Could mom be arrested? Should dad quit his job? Kids’ questions are sparking difficult but crucial conversations across L.A. as immigrant families brace for the possible deportation of loved ones.

'Could phonics solve #California's reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes', #LosAngeles Times, @JennyAGold @kate_seq According to this shocking article, #literacy may require boring work for both #students & #teachers. Some incredible stats here. For example, 93%

.@latimes early childhood reporter @kate_seq reports on the big conversation parents are having with their children about the unfolding immigration raids in LA, and the impact the situation could have on their family, while also attempting to quell fears.

Immigrant parents are grappling with how much to share with their kids about ICE raids and the potential family risk. By @kate_seq & @DanielNMiller https://t.co/P8O3rm8gj3

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? @LATimes @JennyAGold @kate_seq go inside the push in districts across the state for sweeping changes https://t.co/ethEOwsjvp

“Looking back at her old method of teaching reading, ‘I feel bad. I feel like maybe I wasn’t the best teacher back then,’ Cole said. Part of the change, she said, was learning about the science behind how children learn to read. ‘I would never say to guess [a word] anymore.’”

For decades, the Head Start child-care program has had support from both Democrats and Republicans. But with a stark political divide and drastic cost reduction efforts, it is unclear how many Republicans in Congress will support its continuation.

Head Start has long had bipartisan support in Congress. Now is the time for members on both sides of the aisle to stand up for this essential program. Dive deeper with @sarahrittling, @JennyAGold, @kate_seq, and more in @latimes:

Nice story from @kate_seq & @jaweedkaleem on pop-up camps after wildfires and other disasters

L.A. fires upend fragile child-care industry, sending providers, families scrambling, report @kate_seq & @JennyAGold @latimes.

This is insane: More than 300 child-care facilities remain closed as a result of the L.A. fires. Story by @kate_seq and Jenny Gold on the herculean efforts being taken undertaken to get them open again, and what parents are going through in the meantime:

Honestly just go look at LATimes and get facts on the fires. Actual, usable facts. Hundreds of journalists have been reporting (+ evacuating/surviving), publishing stories by the minute, verifying facts. Do you know what that means? Type this in a browser:

An evacuation advisory has been issued to a wider swath of Hollywood Boulevard south to Sunset Boulevard and west to Coldwater Canyon Drive.