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Sometimes you need to go sit in a tree.
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I really need folks to stop acting like disability is full of people “scamming” the system. The average person has no idea how hard it is to qualify. How dehumanizing the process can be. How much you have to sacrifice & give up. It’s designed to make you quit.

Trump's DOJ, because not enough kids are slaughtered in school (apparently), has decided to permit the sale of a device that transforms semi-automatic rifles into virtual machine guns. Is this the America you want for your family? These people are monsters. 😭 www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

There's an old saying “If you can be anything, be kind”. Being kind in unsolicited ways says you're exactly right, you're good enough – just bc you exist. Everybody craves this, & for those of us who didn't grow up w/this message, it's a salve for a wounded heart... myfeelingsdoctor.substack.com

The goal for parenting is not to be perfect, but to keep working and learning from those around us - including our kids! Read more & subscribe! myfeelingsdoctor.substack.com/p/get-in-the...

For most parents, extinction bursts can make you feel like you're backsliding...don't be fooled or scared by them! Trust yourself. Stick to your plan, the brain will come to accept the new connection. Don't forget to stay up to date here: open.substack.com/pub/myfeelin...

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

Just like w/the learning curve for driving, there's a learning curve w/technology, but we can’t expect our kids to start on that curve until their brains are ready. The rules & limits we put in place help them get ready. Subscribe to read more: myfeelingsdoctor.substack.com/p/digital-un...

Are we “Great” yet?

More people waking up to the realization they voted for the devil because they didn't bother to understand the details. The devil is always in the details.

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

Watched a thing about coffee makers and how cleverly they are designed with heating elements and bubble valves, truly a marvel of simplicity and effectiveness, but the people who designed the coffee maker never thought they should be in charge of America like Silicon Valley did, they just did coffee

So much winning.

It takes courage to be vulnerable, to expose your tender spots, and to trust that you will be cared for in the way that you deserve by those you love. New substack up now! Subscribe to stay up to date: open.substack.com/pub/myfeelin...

Parenting is hard. Parenting while stressed is even harder. Co-regulation can help. New Substack up now! Be sure to subscribe to read more about what to do when your child needs your emotional support yet you are running on empty Read more & Subscribe: myfeelingsdoctor.substack.com/p/dancing-qu...

Even if you don't indulge in Valentine's Day, I have a little something for all my blue crayons on BlueSky!

Thought for the Day…

Most accurate super bowl commercial is the reeses lava cup with all the dodos thinking chocolate lava means real lava is edible.

When life's unpredictable, security & safety is challenged. Kids don’t have the language, or awareness to express distress directly, instead demonstrating it through behavior. Connection, consistency, curiosity all lessen the stress we feel. Read more & Subscribe open.substack.com/pub/myfeelin...

This I love. And resemble more each day.