Elena Bridgers

Writer at MOTHERHOOD UNTIL YESTERDAY

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On Valuing Care Work with Elissa Strauss

1 week ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers |Elissa Strauss

Hello everyone!It’s been a crazy few weeks for my family and I with an international move coming up, but I am so pleased to finally be releasing this wonderful interview with Elissa Strauss, author of When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others and the writer behind the popular Substack newsletter MADE WITH CARE (you can sign up for that here).
Is Daycare Bad For Kids Under Three?

3 weeks ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

Erica Komisar’s appearance on DOAC has reignited the daycare debate and given extra fuel and ferocity to those who feel that it is never, under any circumstances, okay to put your kid in a daycare under age 3. You all know what my feelings are about Erica Komisar at this point, but could she be right about daycare? Is there possibly a link between the rising rates of teen anxiety and depression and the fact that we are “abandoning” our children to these institutions?
How to get your child to eat "icky" foods

4 weeks ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

Meal times are consistently an EPIC struggle in my home. First I spend what feels like hours cooking something healthy for the family. I mostly hate cooking, but I do it because I value eating well and I want my children to grow up valuing healthy food and learning to eat things that are good for their bodies.
Does “bad” mothering cause ADHD and mental illness?

1 month ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

Welcome to Part 3 in this 4-part series dedicated to debunking Erica Komisar’s shitty science and false claims made during her interview on Diary of a CEO (now at 1.6 million views on YouTube). If you missed Part 1 (debunking the claim that only mothers can provide good care for children ages 0-3) you can catch up on that here, and Part 2 (debunking the claim that it’s not instinctual for fathers to nurture their children) here.
Debunking Erica Komisar’s Bad Science, Part 2

1 month ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

Welcome to Part 2 of what I believe will be a 4-part series dedicated to debunking Erica Komisar’s claims made during her interview on Diary of a CEO (now at 1.6 million views on YouTube). If you missed Part 1, you can catch up here. Phew! I have to say that I am having a hard time keeping the rage bottled while writing this series, but Erica’s not wrong about everything, and I do have a certain level of appreciation for her willingness to say controversial things out loud and take the heat.
Debunking Erica Komisar’s Bad Science, Part 1

1 month ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

It’s official: Erica Komisar is my nemesis. I’ve been following her for a while. I even tried to read her book, but dropped it halfway through because I felt the science was not serious. I try to ignore her, but she keeps popping up on my feed. Then, 2 weeks ago she made an appearance on Diary of a CEO and the episode racked up 1.6 million views on YouTube (and probably many more if we count Apple, Spotify, etc). In other words, she’s become impossible to ignore.
On Urban Planning for Community with Kiri Crossland

1 month ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

Hello everyone!Kiri is an urban planner from New Zealand and in this episode we are discussing all of the ways in which the physical layout of our towns, cities and neighborhoods affect our sense of isolation or community (and our mental health). I truly believe this is a major part of the issue! If we lived communally, or had more shared local spaces with pedestrian access, motherhood would be less isolating. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Best,Elena
What About Dads?

1 month ago | elenabridgers.substack.com | Elena Bridgers

First of all, let me just start out by saying that no one has a freaking CLUE what the role of fathers was in our evolutionary past.