Travelers weigh one-way masking

Children running errands alone -- and not just on reality TV [View this email online]( [NPR]( Goats and Soda editor's note Malaka Gharib/NPR Dear readers, NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff had a problem. Her 4-year-old daughter kept sneaking onto the roof of their home. "I was in the middle of writing [a book]( about parenting around the world," she recalls, "and I had heard the same advice over and over again: When a kid misbehaves they need more autonomy; they need more responsibility." So she sent her daughter to the store. Alone. To buy some milk. The idea that little kids can take on adult-size responsibility is the subject of a hit Japanese show called Old Enough! now streaming on Netflix. I watched the show -- and to my amazement, saw a 3-year-old walk 20 minutes to the grocery store to buy some curry! And then I [asked Doucleff to write about her own experience with kids and errands]( and what she's learned from her reporting on this topic around the world. To go along with the text, our colleague Malaka Gharib created a comic to explain: "How parents can teach kids -- even little ones -- to run errands." The post really touched a chord. Our readers have sent in their own anecdotes for a follow-up story. If you'd like to participate, share your perspective in an email to [goatsandsoda@npr.org](mailto:goatsandsoda@npr.org?subject=) with the subject line "Kids and errands." Be sure to include your name and location. The deadline is Monday, April 25. [Read the story and comic here.]( And look for the follow-up next week. Marc Silver Editor, Goats and Soda --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- photos Luisa Dörr [How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their Indigenous roots]( The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves. Adam Ferguson/2022 Sony World Photography Awards [Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants]( The 2022 Sony World Photography Award-winners include a photo of a man in Argentina transporting computers on horseback and twin sisters at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar -- and self-portraits taken by migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, using a remote control (above). in the news Jemal Countess/Getty Images [The Ukraine crisis raises a question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?]( That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger. [Migrant workers in China find new jobs — and precarious conditions — in COVID control]( China's economic downturn has left thousands of migrant workers unemployed. They're pivoting to work in COVID control — and have strong concerns about how they are being treated. coronavirus FAQ Malaka Gharib/NPR [I’m a one-way masker. With mask mandates going away, is that helpful?]( as mask mandates on transportation and public spaces are being lifted, some folks still want to mask up to reduce the risk of a coronavirus infection. Here's a guide to one-way masking. links we like - Uber drivers in India are [turning off the AC to protest low pay]( even as temperatures soar. "rest of world" has the story. - Foreign Policy writes about [the Haitian practice of kòltiz]( -- poor farmers who pool their money to buy a cow that will later serve as the centerpiece of a celebratory meal. - A New Yorker documentary looks at the threatened [Ugandan tradition of trapping grasshoppers.]( - NPR reports how Polish women are joining together [to take Ukrainian refugee women to safe havens.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. [Find a Station]( What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [goatsandsoda@npr.org](mailto:goatsandsoda@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Health, Daily News, Code Switch and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Goats and Soda emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]