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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, I had noticed that an increasing number of my patients are being homeschooled. In the southern part of Rhode Island where I live, the majority of the homeschoolers are what are described as secular homeschoolers. Their parents have informed me that they do not homeschool their children due to religious or spiritual reasons but because they feel they can provide their children with a better education than they might get in the public schools. Some parents report that the opportunity to pursue interest-based learning in which kids can explore and develop their own passions rather...

Lockdown has exposed some hard truths about the way we’ve been living. Tube, work, gym – rinse and repeat – feels like a past life, and, for many of us, that’s a welcome change. But as radical as this period of necessary and important adaptation has been, I’m still patiently waiting for an overhaul of our gender roles at home.  Despite the majority of the workforce now clocking on from home, too many women are still being forced to shoulder the lion’s share of the housework. Tales of juggling Zoom meetings and client emails, while simultaneously getting a load of washing...

This story is part of our Resilience of Restaurants issue, which also identifies 10 ways to help restaurants survive COVID-19 and examines the hopes and hardships of Buford Highway restaurants. A classically trained chef who typically executes high-end tasting menus now spends his days packing takeout orders. A James Beard–nominated baker boxes up preordered pastries with her seven-month-old on her hip. An out-of-work line cook and barback move 500 miles away from Decatur, just to secure a roof over their heads. Coronavirus hasn’t just immobilized restaurants; it’s left their workers adrift, sweeping aside their wages, childcare, and routines. The challenges...

With nearly two-thirds of Americans working from home due to the pandemic, work has shifted drastically and, likely, permanently. Since many open offices don't have enough space to implement social distancing measures, a large portion of the workforce will have to stay at least partially remote for the foreseeable future.  Thus, now is a great time to reevaluate your existing systems and adopt new technologies that are a better fit for remote work.  Making technology changes during these uncertain times can be challenging. However, if you take an approach that's empathetic to your employees' needs, you can achieve a smooth adoption.  Here's...

There are a lot of you out there now who have been quarantine schooling for a few months. You’ve discovered you actually like homeschooling, and maybe when schools open back up, you want to give this homeschooling thing an actual go, and now you need to find homeschool curriculum. With that in mind, why not check out By Design Science? It’s a Christian science curriculum that is a great way to transition from public school to homeschooling, and it has some amazing science lessons. (there are affiliate links in here, and this post is sponsored by By Design Science, an...