Ahhhh... this whole trope again. Men, as a group, are not socilaized to only find success in life if they are empathetic and sympathetic. This puts them at a distint disadvantage as we move away from the “making” economy (no one cares about sympathy when you are in a coal mine or manufacturing auto parts) to a…

Are you for real? No dude working the McDonald’s drive thru I will not give you my number. Women do not want to be propositioned in every f-ing interaction of their life. Give me my fucking iced tea and keep your thoughts to yourself. Does this ever even work for guys?

Screw all that noise. When women do it they are “stealing money from other judges.” When it’s a guy it’s “the price of talent.” I don’t even love Katy but seriously good for her.

It’s not food so it probably it not regulated by the FDA. Probably has a neat disclaimer about that fact too...

I’d venture that’s a pretty good hypothesis. It seems like a pretty god way to identify how peopl share information, where it stops when there is a check on the facts, ect. Helps when ultimately they use the information for influencing politics. Who is gullible, naive, and compassionate? How to get past people’s…

Except no. Check your sources. The internet witch hunt targetted the wrong man.

It is intellectually lazy to equate killing of specific people to the mass murder of strangers who happened to be at a place where carnage could easily be amassed. Yes, he killed 8 people but shooting them but his motives were clearly linked to the victims and their relationship with him and his ex-wife.

Absolutely. My parents were also young. I’m the oldest and was born on my mom’s 18th birthday but I really think her Mormon culture background made a lot of difference. My mom is extremely invested in her family and kids. My husband’s family had a lot of support from his grandparents and a more egalitarian marriage. I…

After my first two my toddlers subsisted entirely on food they found on the floor dropped by their older siblings... we call them floor snacks. (we do not encourage this behavior and offer plenty of food to our children... it’s an impossible thing to stop)

Interesting, as 1 of 4 only one of us is considering not having kids... the youngest who also still lives at home and hasn’t had a real job or relationship in his early 20s. I have 6 kids, my sister wants all the kids, and my other brother would love a bunch but his fiance was like... uh 1 is plenty. Hubs is 1 of 6…

I am now listening to This is: Spice Girls on Spotify. This is life.

Gosh, I really wish I had like What We Lose. It was too... all over the place?... I’m not even sure. I wanted to love it and was quite disappointed that I didn’t.

Me either, my husband is always texting emoji-dicks to his guy friends... I keep telling him men are f-ing weird. That and making jokes about sleeping with each other’s mothers... like why?

Coworker told me a story about her son jumping on the bed shouting “my penis bounce”. I was relieve that my son was not the only penis dancing toddler.

Damnit, I wish my 2 year old proud AF of his dick toddler would learn that. Instead he dances around “I’m touching my penis, I’m touching my peee-nis” I’ve really had to watch him closely because he is fascinated that his baby brother also has a penis.

Really? Interaction therapy is supported by evidence and is used extensively in the family preservation and reunification.

Actually, not usually. Victims tend to repeat the cycle with new partners and their children often grow up without the coping strategies to prevent the cycle of abuse with their own partners and children. It ends that abuser from abusing that partner. It does very little to get at the actually causes that lead to…

There are so many pieces in the puzzle. I think one of the biggest things is that the cycle of poverty is so determental to being able to meet the expectations of the child welfare system. Trauma informed care is just in its infancy in the world of family therapy. 98.9% of people don’t want to beat their kids, 98.9%…

A. The criminal standard for justice is high. Very high. On purpose. Beyond a reasonable doubt is often insurmountable in a rape case. It’s usually one person’s word against the others and very little else. So often this is the case that the state often chooses not to prosecute the crime because there is not enough…

For sure. I have 2 kids in daycare full time and two part time and the cost is more than my salary but we view it as an investment in our future. Lost years of work are hard to overcome. It’s tough to see all that money going out but in the future as my husband says... we will be able to just roll around on money.…