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Abused zoo bear still circles in imaginary cage seven years after being freed... 😢🐻

Working from home recreates the pre-industrial pattern where parents could engage in economically productive work while raising their children.

A key part of effective pronatalism is for young people to just be around babies more. In the City. It should be unremarkable to to see high chairs at brunch, or strollers on the sidewalk. "I know Tommy somehow makes it work, I guess I could too" ... is a winning argument

This is not good. “Everywhere chemicals” leaching from plastics may have contributed to 1.97 million preterm births and 74,000 newborn deaths worldwide in one year (2018), with an estimated 6.69 million years of life lost. Born at 28 weeks. The child faces: 7x the risk of hearing impairment 5x the risk of vision abnormalities 3x the odds of dental enamel defects 2x the odds of developmental delay Previous U.S. analysis found that prenatal phthalate exposure was associated with increased preterm birth risk. Mothers in the highest 10% of DEHP exposure had about a 50% higher chance of preterm birth than those in the lowest 10%, and phthalates were linked to about 56,595 preterm births in the US in 2018. "Everywhere chemicals" are phthalate derivatives added to plastics to make them softer, they leach into the environment and into food, where they have been linked to health risks including birth and developmental disruptions. These chemicals have been associated with inflammation, endocrine and metabolic disruption, and in pregnant women may disrupt placental and maternal-fetal pathways, which could contribute to preterm birth sometimes. Preterm birth is linked to a dramatically higher risk of newborn death: one large study found nearly 16 fold higher neonatal mortality versus term birth, and a global meta analysis estimated that 8% of babies born preterm die within the first 28 days, rising to 40% in extremely preterm infants. Phthalates (especially DEHP) exposure damages adults too, with those in the highest third of exposure showing 42% increased all-cause mortality compared to being in the lowest third.