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What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stayed Open During Lockdowns

To help with social distancing, children at Valley of the Sun YMCA sites in Arizona were taught to make "airplane arms" when standing in line. Valley of the Sun YMCA hide caption

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What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stayed Open During Lockdowns

The Y, and New York City's Department of Education, have been caring for tens of thousands of children during the pandemic. Neither has had reports of coronavirus clusters or outbreaks.

Survey: Women Are Rethinking Having Kids As They Face Pandemic Challenges

Roughly 40% of women surveyed by the Guttmacher Institute said they changed their plans on when to have children, or how many to have. PeopleImages/Getty Images hide caption

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Survey: Women Are Rethinking Having Kids As They Face Pandemic Challenges

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Survey: Women Are Rethinking Having Kids As They Face Pandemic Challenges

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What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stayed Open During Lockdowns

To help with social distancing, children at Valley of the Sun YMCA sites in Arizona were taught to make "airplane arms" when standing in line. Valley of the Sun YMCA hide caption

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What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stayed Open During Lockdowns

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Parties — Not Protests — Are Causing Spikes In Coronavirus

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Play It Forward: James Blake On Playing His Biggest Shows Ever, From His Living Room

Now more than a decade into his career, James Blake returns to his early years in the U.K. dance music scene in this installment of Play It Forward. Christopher Parsons/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Play It Forward: James Blake On Playing His Biggest Shows Ever, From His Living Room

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