I want to let her read on her own without hovering above her. It’s like the one thing she can do independently and she loves being independent. But I also hate seeing books we buy or people have given us destroyed or hide books from her that she loves. What do you do?

Bluey is Australia’s revenge for decades of American-accented Disney movies.

“Hello father. Is now a good time to cough directly into your mouth, or would you like to reschedule that to later?”

This was how I felt getting sick after the election. My childfree friends are spiraling and I think I said to someone “I quite literally don’t have the time or energy to spiral right now.”

If you stayed in bedside nursing through COVID, and especially if you work in Emergency Medicine, I believe you have a rage against authority inside you that we can only imagine.

7. Similarly, don't stay in something that isn't helpful to you. Don't keep going to volunteer meetings that drain you.

I'm probably getting back to most of these now.

6. Don't build a community or participate in a community solely as a reaction to this election. Be authentic in what you do. People can tell. "Give as much as you get" means that you also can benefit! Selfless community building is a surefire way to burn yourself out.