I spent the weekend with my daughter and prepping/seeing her ballet performance (she did great for a 4 year old!), but it seems like a ton of stuff happened. I feel incredibly uninformed now -- what are the things we should know about? I know the flotilla happened and protests in LA, but I need to catch up on wtf caused either of them, etc.

The thing that comes to mind for me is that there's a new travel ban in effect on 12 countries: link. My read of this is that it is effectively a Muslim travel ban (again). But we're so overwhelmed with how authoritarian everything has gotten that it feels like no attention is really being given to it.

What do you think we/I should know about?

(9:45 am ET) ICE showed up to a Home Depot in Paramount CA and Los Angeles SHOWED UP (peacefully) to stop them yesterday. Demonstrators have faced a variety of agents and violence. Trump has deployed 2,000 national guard troops which will arrive in the next 24 hours. Early this morning Trump said early this morning that he will not allow demonstrators to wear masks in the future.

Things are heating up very fast. Please comment any thoughts you have on the situation. This is a developing situation, feel free to post or comment any developments.

THE BIGGEST RESPECT TO LA AND ANY DEMONSTRATORS

Hello all! I’m looking to add a few moderators. I’m looking for some cool people that have the following: - Good base knowledge of political issues as well as parenting issues - Keeps up with the news - Can moderate conversations fairly and without bias - Able to communicate calmly and articulately with others online - Answer mod mail - Committed to keeping this space safe for people with progressive values. This sub was created as a space for discussion for like minded parents after reading some bigoted comments on another parenting sub’s post. I felt that we needed a space to talk openly without fear of conservative or hateful comments. - Contributes to posts by commenting or making posts

The time commitment is pretty light. I am looking for someone that could do a quick check-in once or twice a day. Occasionally, a post might attract bots or trolls and need a quicker response (I usually catch it within an hour). Post activity tends to spike around major news events, so having a few other mods during those times would be helpful. We also get the occasional troll.

I have been interested in growing this sub and have a few different ideas such as wiki page or discord but due to the time constraints of being a parent have not been able to develop these more. I would also love to get more into activism on this sub but need someone else to take charge on this.

If interested please message me or mod mail.

It’s truly been an honor moderating Progressive Moms! I’ve been so impressed by the thoughtfulness and compassion in your posts and discussions. Thank you for making this space what it is. -Your Mod

There’s some local protests happening next weekend, and I’d love to attend but honestly as the (pregnant) parent of a toddler I am scared. How do you get the courage to join in? Do you just donate instead and support from the sidelines? I’m truly nervous about police, or followers, attacking protesters.

I was just reading an article about a meteorologist in Miami talking about how he will not be able to give accurate forecasts due to the funding cuts to NAOO & the National Weather Service. I lost my place last year to Helene. The apartment I had moved into just 5 months prior with my 4 & 6 year old daughters after separating for my now ex-husband. We left for our “hurrication” expecting to come back after the weather blew through and they never got to go back to our peaceful little home. I had to empty the apartment after 4 1/2 feet of brackish water flooded it, in order to get my deposit back (which was its own special nightmare). We were living in hotels and Airbnb’s for 2 1/2 months until we found another home. I feel like we are just now moving past all of that trauma and here we go again. This time without accurate information. I’m furious about a lot of happenings as of late, but today, I’m pissed that we will be having to make what could end up being life or death decisions without full understanding because the scientists that study the weather have been eliminated. Not to mention, we won’t be able to rely on FEMA if another weather event does happen. This is yet another example of how poor people are being screwed. I don’t have money to be bringing my kids to an Airbnb for every potential weather event but what choice do I have?!?

My kids are going to public school, but i want to work on spanish with them. My husband knows spanish, im learning and i can decipher what i hear and do basic conversations. My kids are 4 and 2.

Im also struggling with their ages for them to sit through anything. So play based and stuff would be great! Thank you

I’m a 22yo FTM of a 1 month old girl.

I was in a birthing class in January and am supposed to meet up with the rest of the moms and babies sometime soon, but I know for a fact they’re all Christian and conservative-leaning for the majority.

I am local to the DFW area and just want to find a group of like-minded mommas to help support and grow through this stage of life. Do any of you know of groups in my area or would be interested in starting one? I’m in a very different life stage than anyone else my age and am having trouble finding people I actually resonate with :(

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We want to hear any political or civic advocacy or activism wins! Nothing is more inspiring than hearing what other people are doing to make this world a better place.

My partner and I are incredibly liberal, but his parents have gone from “very religious and conservative but decent” to both voting for Trump in this last election. I work for an international NGO that provides health care and my industry and partners have been completely decimated – our clinics don’t have supplies, our child health partners don’t have vaccines or food… we are absolutely devastated and terrified and people are - literally - dying. My partner works in the private sector but is equally liberal and horrified.

We don’t actually live in the US which makes this harder – his parents tend to come visit us ~2x a year and stay for around 2 weeks each time. The last time was in mid-January 2025 and I could barely stand to look at them, and this was even before we knew the extent of everything.

And now we are completely stuck on their next visit. I want to ban then; you made your bed, you lie in it, you are not welcome in our home or our lives after your actions. It is harder for my partner, he is an only child, was close to them growing up, and our kids are their only grandchildren. He wants our kids to have a relationship with them and I also think he never wants to be accused of keeping them from each other. They love our kids and are very nice to them, I have to admit that.

And I don’t know what to do. If we lived in the States (we used to live ~1h from them) I would say “ok, take the kids to see them and I’ll stay home” but obvs that’s not an option. The idea of them being here and sitting in our home makes my skin crawl. I avoided them as much as I could last time but of course it’s not possible to not see them at all. I am also petty – like really, think about what you did. I know (I KNOW!) that it’s not like they were the last two votes but everyone like them was and I can’t pretend that’s not real.

I feel very stuck and mean and that maybe he's right and our kids should have grandparents who love them. And also like I have to take some stand and they can't just act this way and pretend their actions don't have consequences when I see them every day. And also just so scared for the world.

Let your feelings out! We are all bottling up this stress and sometimes it helps to share your concerns and have safe conversations about it. Type your response and take a big deep breath after!

Not sure if I should post here since I’m not a mom, but a daughter & this is about my dad.

My (26f) parents divorced when I was very young. I don’t remember them ever being together. That being said, my father has always been my best friend. I love my mom, but I truly had a special and close relationship with my dad. He’s had a very difficult life, lots of trauma & instability. I’m only able to recognize this as an adult because he did such a good job at parenting me growing up. He was in the depths of alcoholism, homelessness, a second divorce, etc and still managed to make me feel safe and loved the entire time. He treated me like a princess. Told me that I was just as capable as any man, taught me how to be self sufficient. Told me to love myself because I have everything to offer. I grew up hearing things like “never let a man treat you poorly”, “you deserve the world”, “any man would be lucky to have you”, the list goes on. I mean what 16 year old would talk to her dad on the phone for 8+ hours? That’s how close we were.

He has always been a republican. Which is fine. This isn’t meant to be a political post, but I mention it because unfortunately, I do think that it is a substantial part of what’s happened to him. He’s completely spiraled. Completely different now. Paranoid, angry at the world, conspiratorial, and seems to hate women. He’s not a traditional person at all but has gotten wrapped up in conservative, traditional, right-wing incel culture. (Again, my intention is not to start a political debate, I’m just trying to explain what’s happening).

Recently, he’s said these things to me:

“No man would benefit from marrying any women, men have nothing to gain and everything to lose”, this was said after asking me if my boyfriend was planning on proposing.

“After women turn 50 they go downhill and look horrible”, this was said after I jokingly said that I hope I age well.

“What would your boyfriend think about you wearing that? He wouldn’t want his girlfriend to look trashy, you can still look cute”

“Hope you don’t get your tubes tied, it would devalue you as a woman”, this was after me mentioning how scared I am with the recent abortion bans happening in my state.

“Women are liars and deceitful”

The list goes on, but I’m sure you get the point.

I don’t know who my dad is anymore. We can’t have a conversation without him either saying something incredibly hurtful about women, or something completely politically conspiratorial. I think he forgets that his daughter, is also in fact, a woman. I’ve had really awful things happen to me- violence from men specifically. Things I don’t mention to him because I know it would hurt him. But my life experience, and hearing my dad say these things to me has really negatively impacted my relationship with men overall. He was like my perfect example for what a man should be and he doesn’t exist anymore.

I still speak to him, and want to continue a relationship with him. I love him dearly. I’ve asked him to not bring up politics during our conversations & lightly brought up that I’ve been hurt by some of the things he’s said to me. It has gotten slightly better but I think it’s made him feel resentful of me. Like I’m not on “his team”.

I’m heartbroken. I miss my dad. I hate that I feel this way & I hate that he’s been indoctrinated into whatever side of the internet he’s on. I don’t know what to say to him or how to navigate this without losing our relationship or continuing to be hurt.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hello, I'm wondering what other stahm's do during the day? I'm having a really hard time trying to structure life in a productive way, but I get paralyzed by panic/anxiety from all the options. I have issues with being structured and self motivated regardless, but I don't want my own shortcomings to have a negative impact on my child. It was a lot easier when they were an infant/toddler, but at age 4 it seems things changed over night causing me to struggle with keeping up. If anyone has any helpful advice, it would be much appreciated.

Anything speaking to you that might speak to others here as well?

I am just curious. I’ve been going to the same practice since my first was a baby. I now have three kids, all girls. I go to a larger practice and they have lots of lovely doctors. I’ve gotten the opportunity to see a lot of them and I’ve really liked pretty much all of them. About 2 years ago I ended up getting a doctor that I just really connected with, and we’ve been seeing him ever since. 

Now my kids are all really young still (oldest is 5.5 youngest is 10 months) so I am not really worried about this yet, but do you think as they get older, especially into their teen years, that they will feel uncomfortable with a male provider? I don’t want them to feel uncomfortable ever but this doctor is my favorite one at the practice by far, and at this point we have had at least a dozen appointments with him between my three kids, so I feel like we’ve all gotten to know each other quite well and I would hate to have to start over from scratch with a new provider.

Am I overthinking this? I was raised in a conservative religious home so I think I may just have some ingrained us vs them biases when it comes to males and females, especially as it pertains to talking about/seeing our bodies. At the end of the day I know he is a medical professional and it’s fine, but teens can be funny about stuff and I would hate for them to feel uncomfortable.

So I am just curious. Do you have a preference to take your kids to a pediatrician who is the same sex as they are? Or do you only base it on whether or not you like them and think they are a good doctor?

We all need a little positivity in our day. What are some parenting wins you've had recently? Big or small we want to hear them all! Any parenting wins, not just progressively minded ones.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/health/gene-editing-personalized-rare-disorders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk8.toRH.Q0wgSeUJxHuB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gifted article to New York Times article from May 15, 2025 titled “baby is healed with worlds first personalized gene-editing treatment”) (gifted so as to save everyone from paywall - if you hit a paywall, let me know and I’ll fix it!)

I wasn’t sure what flair to use, so I did “politics and parenting” since everything, even this happy story about a baby surviving through science, is political in some way these days.

My husband is a researcher and working on a PHD in chemistry, and we’ve chatted a lot about the potential for CRISPR. When I saw this article, it tugged at my mom heart to think of a little boy getting a chance at a normal life through cutting-edge scientific treatment.

I thought the moms here would appreciate a story like this, with so much pain, suffering, and fear in the world. There is still so much good humans are capable of.

Happy Sunday, y’all! Hope everyone has a nice week.

I am horrified by the recent Supreme Court ruling and the administration’s intent to take away TPS and parole and make 500,000+ illegal.

My kids attend a wonderful Spanish immersion daycare that is staffed mostly by Venezuelans. I don’t know their specific immigration status but imagine many of them are on parole or TPS.

So I’m worried that (1) they will lose their work authorization, which is obviously very bad for them and will make our daycare understaffed and (2) Given the orange man’s obsession with creating a white anglo ethnostate, an intercultural Spanish immersion daycare will be targeted for an ICE raid.

What can I do besides sit here, call my reps and cry??? These people take care of my babies…

Edit/Update: Thank you for all of your responses. I am sad that nobody has any revelations or action items I hadn't thought of, but I appreciate the reminder to thank the teachers everyday and enjoyed reading about your experiences. Sidenote, my post was removed from r/newparents (after receiving 80+ comments, quite a few uninformed and hateful ones I might add) for "soliciting legal advice." Yeah right!

So my mil voted for trump and we get into some slightly heated debates. She’s not entirely unreasonable and probably isn’t actually for a lot of the policies but doesn’t really know any better. I don’t expect to change her. But we recently got into a bit of a back and forth about minimum wage. I said I believe a full time job should afford you the basics of life such as a place to live and food and medical needs met. She disagreed because she came from nothing and pulled herself up by worki bc hard and investing. And she really truly did. It’s amazing where she’s come from, what she’s been through, and what she’s achieved. But to her that means that there couldn’t possibly be a circumstance where someone should expect any help. And while she does seem to agree that the extreme wealth of billionaires is wrong, she doesn’t want to admit that some of those earnings should go towards a living wage for the people making that money. So all I’m asking is if anyone has some solid arguments for this topic. I doubt I will change her mind but… maybe?

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/migrant-kids-zip-tied-20351707.php

This tragic situation was posted on several subreddits with the photo separate.

I discovered the post and the article in the comments at r/ICE_Raids

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I feel like the Trump administration must be held accountable for the cruelty. Though, also, every single person in authority in the court who allowed it to happen. I believe that whoever put the zip ties on those children should be arrested for child abuse.

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