Caring for a newborn is a team sport. Here's how to share the load
Before the baby comes along, expecting parents should have a conversation about how they will divide the household labor — and any anticipated child care needs.
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Young people are dying of opioid overdoses. Are students and campuses prepared?
Overdose death rates have spiked dramatically for young adults, rising 34 percent between 2018 and 2022, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Yet, there are ways to mitigate the risk of overdose, and even ways to reverse it.
Notably there's Narcan.
It's a brand of the medication naloxone, and it's often used in the form of nasal spray. If administered quickly, it can fully reverse an opioid overdose.
Are college campuses and their students prepared?
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Yet, there are ways to mitigate the risk of overdose, and even ways to reverse it.
Notably there's Narcan.
It's a brand of the medication naloxone, and it's often used in the form of nasal spray. If administered quickly, it can fully reverse an opioid overdose.
Are college campuses and their students prepared?
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Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner was kicked out of multiple schools. This is what she learned
Taffy Brodesser-Akner built her journalism career with her incisive celebrity profiles and then found additional success with two novels that examine wealth and class, including this year's Long Island Compromise. She and Rachel talk about what makes fame and fortune so compelling, whether some people are just innately restless, and longing for a conversation with a burning bush.
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The beauty and entitlement of traveling as a tourist
Summer is a time when many Americans are taking off from work and setting their sights on far-off vacation destinations: tropical beaches, fairy-tale cities, sun-drenched countrysides. But in her book Airplane Mode, the reluctant travel writer Shahnaz Habib warns of recklessly embracing what she calls "passport privilege," — and how that can skew peoples' images of what the world is and who it belongs to.
U.S. lawmakers urge banning weighted infant sleepwear over safety concerns
Weighted infant sleepwear companies say their products are safe and help babies sleep, but some medical experts, safe-sleep advocates and government regulators warn the garments could be dangerous.
Babies don’t come with instructions. But in Oregon, they now come with a nurse
A new state program offers any family with a new baby a no-cost visit at home with a trained nurse. It’s Oregon’s response to the country’s dismal infant and maternal mortality rates.
New parents, no time or energy for sex? Here's how to keep the romance alive
Between 3 a.m. feedings and hormonal changes, it can be hard for couples to get in the mood after baby arrives. But that doesn't mean you can't show love and desire in other creative, playful ways.
How to reveal a parent's hidden story
Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up — and deepen our connections with them.
Love and money: Why a joint bank account often makes sense in a relationship
First comes love ... then comes money management discussions? Financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin discusses three common approaches that couples use to merge their money.
2 sisters, who fled the Vietnam War as kids, reflect on what they've been through
Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo, who grew up in a large Hmong family, recall their youth spent in a refugee camp in Thailand and on a ginseng farm in Wisconsin.