073: ‘Kidcore’ fashion, Hoda Kotb on quitting her dream job & matrescence meets Montessori

Plus: 12 things that parents of young children never travel without — & more!

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Tonight, we’re all about trends—from a whimsical take on one of spring’s biggest fashion trends to critical analysis of media trends in the motherhood space. This edition of Two Truths: The Sunday Scroll—an exclusive for our paid subscribers—brings you…

• A beautiful essay by a beloved author describing the quiet of resistance

• What it means to be the the ‘first mom of the friend group’

• Matrescence meets Montessori in this update to its developmental model

• Hoda Kotb on walking away from her dream job

• 12 things that parents of young children never travel without

• Inside a divisive conservative figure’s plans to dominate women’s media (and target moms, specifically)

• “For the love of God, stop profiling this couple!”

• An update—three years later—on the young people fighting the grip of social media

• Very cute editorial coverage of spring’s kidcore trend

• The important question a Super Bowl champ’s 2-year-old son interrupted a post-game interview to ask

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—Cassie and Kelsey