From âAlmaâ to âZuri,â Parents Are Looking for Positive Baby Names
Theyâre searching the heavens, and through family history, for strong monikers in a pandemic.
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Jan. 19, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic, stretching into another year, has left few corners of everyday life untouched. For the most recent crop of new parents, the pandemic has been the backdrop of their entire birth process â for some, itâs even changed how they chose the names of their babies.
Sierra Armstrong, who works in the service industry in New Orleans, said that she and her partner have named their newborn daughter Kamryn.
Defuse the pandemic parenting tension with these tips for marital harmony
1 of 13 Do you find yourself constantly sniping at your partner? You’re not alone – especially when kids and home schooling come into the equation. A new baby can be like a grenade in the balance of a marriage, and yet there’s evidence to suggest that even babies as young as six months’ old can be negatively affected by hearing their parents argue. Meanwhile parents of older children have been put under unprecedented pressure during the lockdown and COVID restrictions, with home schooling, financial pressures and general tension. We’ve gathered up the best advice we’ve received from marriage counsellors and therapists on ways to rebalance the harmony in your relationship…
Michael Moynihan: Predicting the five phases of sporting lockdown
Having been through the mill last year, we know what to expect this time around
ALL IN VAIN: In spite of his best efforts, Dan Cristian of the Sydney Sixers drops a catch during the Big Bash League match against the Brisbane Heat at Metricon Stadium yesterday. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images
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We are now coming up on the first anniversary of the lockdown, believe it or not. What we thought of as unprecedented and unbelievable about 12 months ago turns out to be pretty much precedented, if still not quite believable.
In âBeginners,â a Writer Takes Up Chess and Surfing and Singing and Juggling and â¦
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Not far into âBeginners,â Tom Vanderbiltâs tribute to the life-changing magic of learning new skills, he describes taking his young daughter snowboarding. At the time, Vanderbilt was nearing 50; he decided to approach the activity with an open mind, freed from all expectation, even if he was old enough to know what the risks were. âI had no goals other than avoiding the hospital,â he writes, after referring to the novelist Norman Rushâs comparison of being in love to going into an undiscovered room. âI just wanted to enter a new âroom.ââ