Maybe I missed something, but this appears to be a list of ways you can help out your friends, not a list of things new parents should expect from their friends on threat of ostracization.

Love these ideas. My #1 go to is a voucher for food delivery. Every location has a pizza place that delivers, and some food delivery services do gift cards. In Canada I often do Swiss Chalet. Not just for new parents - if someone is stressed, sick, or grieving, giving them the gift of “Just have someone show up at…

I would add an offer to do or a gift card for house cleaning or laundry service.
And definitely do not buy the ‘make your own’ dinner delivery plans (Hello Fresh, Blue Apron). I do not have time or energy to cook a dang meal.

I love all of these suggestions and can not recommend them enough. With my twins, I always loved when friends, family, or neighbors that were comfortable with babies would come over and provide a second set of hands. They usually didn’t need too much instruction and just jumped right in. This was so helpful when hubby…

Solid article. As a father of a 7-week old these are all right on point. Best gifts we have got over the past couple months - Amazon gift cards and the 10s of meals our friends have cooked and ordered for us....other than our mother in law watching the baby for 2 weeks during nights of course :D

Feeding the new parents is the single best gift. When we came home from the hospital, my sister-in-law had completely stocked the fridge and freezer with homemade meals and even left a bottle of wine on the counter. I can’t say enough how nice it was to not have to think about feeding myself - also to have a glass of…

After our second was born, my parents and in-laws paid our 1x month housekeeper her fees to come 2x month for 6 months. My parents and in-laws are amazing.

When my next door neighbor at the time had her first and second kids, I’d give her a quick call when I was going grocery shopping and offer to pick up anything she may need.

Yep. She didn’t toe the party line there.

Yup. She didn’t say one thing that wasn’t the hard truth. And we really won’t make any progress until we come to grips with all of the points she was making. White people that refuse to acknowledge our position and role within systems of oppression only serve to continue to provide cover for the “active” racists and…

Testing foundations and had both Lancôme and Giorgio Armani samples. Glad to know I can remove these two from consideration. I have used Kiehl’s sunscreen for almost decade. It is definitely time for a change.

We can’t talk about racism in America because it hurts the white people’s feelings.

I hope she gets more gigs because of this. Man. “Be a face for diversity but don’t you dare fucking talk about it.” Hired for diversity, fired by them because of their racism. Wish I could find that unbelievable.

Super proud of her for telling the damn truth regardless but fucking bummed that she lost her coin. I really hope this winds up opening new and better doors for her.

It’s quite fascinating to see so many comments here firmly saying she should be kept in prison for life. “As a criminologist” is becoming my catch phrase, but, nonetheless... It’s genuinely fascinating (and a bit upsetting). It seems to relate to pretty much the biggest issue in the justice system: is prison (or…

The recidivism rates for people released under this law is less than 1%. If we as society believe it’s worth the billions it costs to continue incarcerating people for their entire lives for punitive reasons, then we should continue doing it, but let’s not pretend it’s about public safety.

People who have done horrifying things, things much worse than what she did, have been granted parole in California. If no one knew her name, and she was not attached to the manson story, she would have been out long ago.

Keeping hydrated is important. Well said, Monique.