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Hi Reader, A mom in Emilia’s grade group chat sent around this article a few days ago about the UK’s plans to ban under-16s from social media, following in Australia’s footsteps. The U.S. has no ban plans, but is considering legislation to force social media companies to do more to protect kids and teens. Will any of these policy actions make kids safer or happier? I’m not sure that they will directly. It’s fairly easy to get around age verification checks, or seek out alternate social media platforms that are less regulated, if kids are motivated enough to do so. Personally, I think the biggest benefit of enforcing bans and/or stricter regulations is that it’s a signal to parents that there are many dangers to kids when they use social media. This type of legislation brings more talk and awareness to the problems and my hope is that it would encourage parents to think deeply about what kind of access they allow their kids to have. Social media is horrible for kids’ mental health. Meta claims that bans “risk isolating teens from online communities and information.” Is that supposed to be a bad thing? I have NO problem with isolating teens from comparing their appearance to AI or heavily edited unattainable versions of beauty. I have no problem with isolating teens from incorrect or heavily exaggerated information that induces new anxieties. What do you think about social media bans for kids under 16? Positive? Negative? Neither? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Coming tomorrow…It’s Amazon Prime Day! For anyone who participates in Prime Day shopping, you’ll be hearing from me with my carefully curated deals list. I only believe in sharing products that I truly think will make a difference in your life! (Note: If you’ve opted out of sale emails, you won’t hear from me again until next week!) Early dealsThere’s always a few things that go on sale before the sale –
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Hi Reader, I am officially done. Done making weekday breakfasts for everyone else. 💃 There are many ways your elementary and older kids can feed themselves that do not have to involve you whatsoever. This does not make you a bad mom. Kids NEED independence and they need to learn they are capable of a whole heck of a lot. There was a part of me that was like, “am I being lazy? Am I avoiding some motherly duty to make them a beautiful breakfast?” No, and noooooooo. Do they maybe need some...
Hi Reader, A mom wrote to me last week sharing a dilemma that I’m sure a lot of you relate to. She was telling me how helpful it is for her kids to eat lunch from the school cafeteria – it saves both time & money – but she worried because other moms said they “wouldn’t feed their kids that crap.” So she wanted to know, is it okay to feed her kids the cafeteria food? Is it really that bad as these other moms are saying? First – I told her that feeding our kids is always about more than just...
Hi Reader, You know when you see some startling headline, like what I just saw yesterday – “sparkling water now linked to colorectal cancer” and you want to know whether it’s ACTUALLY a real concern, or if you can just go on living your life? I wanted to make it quick and easy for you to get to the bottom of it, no matter what the headline is. So I created a prompt that you can copy and paste directly into ChatGPT that will evaluate the claim the same way I would. (Except ChatGPT will do it...