Scotland sends baby box to New York after mayor Mamdani cites policy

Scottish social justice secretary says manifesto pledge for New Yorkers shows shared ‘commitment to tackling child poverty’

The Guardian

Reassuring seeing an American Mayor take tips from Europe. New York finally has a mayor it deserves 😀

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/scotland-sends-baby-box-to-new-york-after-mayor-mamdani-cites-policy

#ZohranMamdani #NewYork #BabyBox #ScotPol

Scotland sends baby box to New York after mayor Mamdani cites policy

Scottish social justice secretary says manifesto pledge for New Yorkers shows shared ‘commitment to tackling child poverty’

The Guardian
#FotoVorschlag: Kartonagen // Cardboard boxes

2017 haben wir eine #FinnishBabyBox gekauft. Sie enthielt Babysachen und -zubehör für die ersten Monate und konnte mit der mitgelieferten dünnen Matratze und Laken auch als Bettchen verwendet werden (wo das Kind natürlich nie wirklich drin geschlafen hat, weil es sofort anfing zu krähen, wenn es in die Waagerechte ging). Leider ist die schöne Box im Keller der letzten Wohnung verschimmelt und wir mussten sie wegtun. Ich war echt traurig, denn eigentlich wollte ich sie noch als Erinnerungsbox fürs Kind aufheben.
Das staatliche Original aus #Finnland wird bereits seit 1949 kostenlos an alle Mütter herausgegeben, vorausgesetzt, sie gehen zur Vorsorge. Dadurch konnte wahrscheinlich sogar die Kindersterblichkeit im Land gesenkt werden. Mittlerweile gibt es weltweit ähnliche Programme und viele kommerzielle Anbieter, die solche Boxen gegen ordentlich Geld in alle Welt versenden.
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In 2017, we bought a Finnish Baby Box. It came with baby clothes and accessories for the first months and doubled as a baby bed thanks to the thin mattress and sheet included. (Of course, kiddo never actually slept in it because they'd start crying the second you tried to lay them down.) Sadly, the beautiful box went mouldy in the basement of our last flat, and I had to throw it out. I was gutted because I'd meant to keep it as a memory box for kiddo.
The original Finnish maternity package has been given to all new mums in #Finland for free since 1949, provided they visited a prenatal clinic. This likely helped reduce infant mortality in the country. Now, similar programmes exist worldwide, and there are several commercial providers that ship boxes such as ours all over the world for a pretty penny.


#Mutterschaftspaket #BabyBox #maternityPackage #äitiyspakkaus #moderskapsförpackning

👆 Confidential birth offers far better care, anonymity, and safety for women and babies, compared to baby boxes.

So if #babyBox initiatives are on your ballot this year, think twice.

#ethics #bioethics #policy #family #parenting #adoption #2025election

Dítě je nyní v péči lékařů a sociální pracovníci se snaží ve spolupráci s rodiči najít pro něj co nejlepší řešení.

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#czechia #gdelt #babybox #ludvíkHess #libeňskýZámek
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Dítě je nyní v péči lékařů a sociální pracovníci se snaží ve spolupráci s rodiči najít pro něj co nejlepší řešení.

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Gerade von der #BabyBox in #Schottland erfahren, die jede Gebärende dort bekommt. Und ich mein ... Wow! Wie super ist das denn?! Und warum ist sowas eigentlich nicht überall Standard? #Geburt #Eltern
https://www.scotland.org/live-in-scotland/progressive-scotland/baby-box
Baby Box | Scotland.org

Scotland's Baby Box initiative is designed to give every single baby in Scotland an equal start in life. Find out more about Scotland's Baby Box.

Scotland

There’s only one thing to call a community in “need” of baby boxes… FAILED!!!

Hendersonville woman raising money to bring Middle Tennessee its first Safe Haven Baby Box

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/hendersonville-woman-raising-money-to-bring-middle-tennessee-its-first-safe-haven-baby-box/
#babybox

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda's foray into working internationally continues with Broker, a Korea set family drama with all Korean cast. As the director of many films that prodded the traditional notion of family, such as Nobody Knows, Like Father Like Son, After the Storm and Shoplifters, he continues with Broker, a heartfelt film about makeshift family, which feels like a grittier and edgier version of its predecessor, Shoplifters.
#babybox #broker #HirokazuKoreeda #IU #SongKangho

there is a wonderful organization behind this story, Safe Haven Baby Boxes. a nonprofit formed in 2015.

A #newborn was surrendered recently to #Florida's only #babybox, a device that lets people give up an unwanted infant anonymously. It's the first time anyone's used the Safe Haven Baby Box since organizers placed it at an Ocala #firestation over two years ago.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/06/1147160688/baby-box-newborn-surrendered-florida

A newborn was surrendered to Florida's only safe haven baby box. Here's how they work

A newborn was surrendered recently under a program that lets people give up an unwanted infant anonymously. There are dozens of baby boxes scattered across the U.S., but the practice is controversial.

NPR