The 2-year anniversary of our moving to the Philippines from Brooklyn just passed last week. It’s very strange living abroad and waking up to a crazy news story in the US literally every single day. It’s not just my imagination right — 2017 was crazy?! Here’s to looking forward to 2018 being a much better year.

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Here are some interesting parenting links from around the web this week!

H E A L T H

Women behind speculum redesign say we need gynecological tools designed by people with vaginas via The Lily

WiFi Experiment Done By A Group Of 9th Grade Students Got Serious International Attention. THIS Is Why… via Of the Box

New Guidelines for VBAC May Make Your Childbirth Dreams Come True via Red Tricycle

Link strengthens between adolescent pot smoking and psychosis via Salon

Just Say No to Opioids? Ads Could Actually Make Things Worse via New York Times

Study ties pesticides in food to reduced fertility in women via CNN

When should you share your pregnancy news? via Lifehacker

E D U C A T I O N

Parents save less for their daughters’ college educations than their sons’ via Mashable

The Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017 via New York Times

P A R E N T I N G

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? via The Atlantic

Timeouts: Good for Adults, but Not for Kids via Psychology Today

‘My Boss Is Pressuring Me to Get Pregnant!’ via New York Magazine

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Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids? via NPR

On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters via New York Times

Why moms of 3 are so stressed—but moms of 4+ are so chill via Motherly

The Fragile Generation: Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed. via Reason

Let’s Put the Focus on Bullying Where It Belongs: Shifting the spotlight from the stage to the audience. via Psychology Today

At What Age Do Kids Really Start Remembering Things? via Popsugar

Why I’m not ‘leaning in’ at work—for now via Motherly

What Happened When My 7-Year-Old Walked in on Us Having Sex via Real Simple