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Jacklyn “Jackie” Cazares’s uncle Jesse Rizo taught her to 2-step the day of her First Communion. That was the last time the family was all together, a week before the Uvalde shooting. He hasn’t danced since. Story:
https://t.co/lPn5tAd4MU

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[Beth Booker @itsbethbooker]

Thank you to @TODAYshow and @DCampoamor for amplifying my mom's story. We are at 22 hours without contact. I can see buildings that have collapsed on Fort Myers Beach, and my heart is hurting. #GetCaroleHome
https://t.co/U5678m5Khf

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

If anyone has family (or are themselves) in Puerto Rico and *still* do not have power or running water, I am in Puerto Rico for @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents & would like to speak to you if you’re willing and able. You can DM me for more info and WhatsApp contact information. 🇵🇷🇵🇷

[TODAY Parents @TODAY_Parents]

For @TODAYshow, reporter @DCampoamor is looking to speak with Latinx parents who are willing and able to share how "machismo" has affected them and how they're working to break the cycle of toxic masculinity in their families. You can DM or email at [email protected]

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[Kate Snow @tvkatesnow]

“The journey to this day was not easy” but I am so enormously proud. And I didn’t cry. My essay for @Today on dropping Zack at college: https://t.co/GVG3UG2XhJ via @TODAYshow

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

In my latest for @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents, I wrote about the powerful moment Sandy Hook mom @ScarlettMLewis confronted Alex Jones in court, speaking to him directly as he squirmed in his seat.

"Jesse was real. I am a real mom," she told the provocateur. https://t.co/F446t2eEys

[TODAY Parents @TODAY_Parents]

For @TODAYshow, Parents reporter @DCampoamor is looking to speak to people who took unpaid parental leave & who want to share their experience, particularly the financial cost of taking unpaid leave. You can email her at [email protected] or send a DM!

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Rest well, sweet Lady. https://t.co/rrfKGl1c4g

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For an article, @TODAYParents reporter @DCampoamor is looking to talk to parents about reactions to the Academy of Pediatrics’ new breastfeeding guidance, including supporting breastfeeding for at least 2 years. What do you think? Please DM or email [email protected]

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

For @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents, I’m looking to speak to 5-7 parents of children under 5 who are willing to share their reaction(s) to the FDA approving a Covid-19 vaccine for kids in that age range. If that’s you, please DM or email me @ [email protected]. Thank you!

[TODAY Parents @TODAY_Parents]

All it took was one distracted moment and this 4-year-old slipped out of his apartment and into the pool. He was under for more than 3 minutes until a hero jumped in to save him. Full story to come.

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

My latest from Uvalde for @TODAY_Parents: I spoke to the town’s only pediatrician, who lost 5 patients in the shooting & treated survivors.
“In clinic the next day, all I heard was, ‘I’m afraid he’s coming for me. I’m afraid he’s going to come get me.” https://t.co/g942FVNzJC

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Gabrielle Blair's biggest worry when putting her argument online was that no one would read it. That was not the case. https://t.co/3viWHbgJNH

[TODAY Parents @TODAY_Parents]

39 weeks pregnant, trapped in Russian-controlled Ukraine, no water or electricity. She was planning to walk miles through fields to the next town … until this rescue mission came.

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

For my latest @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents coverage of the war in Ukraine, the American ex-military members of Project Dynamo gave me an inside look into the daring, ongoing rescue efforts to evacuate pregnant Ukrainian women from Russian-occupied areas. https://t.co/i7oYLGnB14

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

For my latest @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents coverage of the war in Ukraine, I spoke to a 28-yr-old American who left safety to care for abandoned animals in Lviv. "Animals don't have a choice in any of this - it's human drama & the animals don't have any say."
https://t.co/clu3oDu8jp

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

Since the #UkraineWar started, I’ve been speaking to one woman in Kyiv every single day. For @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents, we published a week’s worth of her voice messages w/her explicit permission, so the world can hear what it’s like for ppl in Kyiv. https://t.co/hPG8BEflYP

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Parents in Poland are leaving baby strollers at train stations for Ukrainian refugees.

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His photograph has become a powerful symbol of solidarity with refugees. https://t.co/sz77SoeTj1

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"Someone told me my belly is so big, my baby is living in a loft and already has WiFi." https://t.co/UNCboGG3ko

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Parenting is tough. In a new monthly column for TODAY Parents, “Can I Just Say,” writer Amil Niazi (@amil) leans into the messiness of raising humans. Here, she talks about mourning the mom she used to be before the pandemic started. https://t.co/V6zWXgJqgT

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THREAD: “Lately I’ve been struggling with the kind of parent the pandemic has forced me to become, to admit that I’ve cut myself so much slack I’m in free fall and it isn’t good for me or my kids.” https://t.co/V6zWXgJqgT

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“Deaths in the family and illnesses and everyday stressors all got rolled together into a generalized grief that had no real outlet or name…unexpressed but always keenly felt.” https://t.co/V6zWXgJqgT

[TODAY Parents @TODAY_Parents]

“In the race to return to normal, which parts of myself can be recovered and what will it take to repair my understanding of what parenting looks like when I’m not in survival mode?” https://t.co/V6zWXgJqgT