Feel free to mention how much it hurt, maybe mention that you were doing something your parents had explicitly forbidden, don’t make it sound like the end of an after school special.

I also think if it’s a shirt with a character or design, you can mention that to ask them about it—ask them about their favorite dinosaur or whether they like stripes or polka dots better or whatever. Budding fashion sense—they find their choices interesting and important.

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It’s not that the kid can’t tell, it’s that the patriarchal society we live in will always give them grief.

Why would they hate you? Why would divorce mean ex’s family was crappy?

On the other hand, if you use different names socially/in business than your legal name, the odds that you will screw up making travel reservations increase significantly.

I suspect the non-homogenization had more to do with this, though I don’t know.

Sure, but they have to label it and say that it’s not meant for human consumption.

There’s a Russian beverage that’s made of fermented mare’s milk. (We had a strange day investigating non-Western traditional dairy.)

Sure, but I have. Kind of a lot.

Except that, on average, the demographics that voted (R) overlap with the demographics that have big families.

Why is it illegal to hold onto lost money? If, on a regular day, a kid picks up a penny from a sidewalk, is that theft?

They are, in fact, going to give it, they’re just going to give it next year while they get their act together.

It doesn’t send the message to the “boots on the ground” who actually execute policy.

If the recording occurred on a plane while the plane was traveling, the law of whatever state the plane was in/over at the time of the conversation.

In local news, the fact that she’s alive might be considered the most important. In national news, particularly given the political slant, the issue is the continued lack of gun safety.

Shotguns also make decent bludgeons.

Not everyone who gets shot by their toddlers was aware of the actions of others in the household with regards to gun storage. This story is an example of that.

Hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol can absolutely affect the baby, and things that happen to the mother during pregnancy are also likely still affecting her behavior after the child is born.

There are a lot of different philosophies on stages of development, many of which don’t differentiate between two and three year olds.