I LOVE gate checking my luggage - what’s bad about it? The only negative is that I have to bring the bag through security, but I happily volunteer to save $25 - $35 per bag, and I don’t have to drag them around between connections.

Emily Oster! She’s the author of “Cribsheet” and “Expecting Better” and brings a very grounded, systematic look at the evidence underlying a lot of the “mandatory suggestions” that are flung at parents. I highly recommend reading her books if you like her stuff. For a PhD in econ, she has a very engaging voice.

Doctor in a children’s hospital here. We’ve talked about this many times. Never seen a co-sleeping death where the parent involved wasn’t intoxicated... Doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen (the plural of anecdote is not data), but it’s definitely a noticeable trend.

I feel like stuff like this is a function of the reality that there are zero “Acceptable losses” when it comes to babies dying. So ANY data (no matter how flawed, or poorly interpreted) that indicates an elevated risk results in blanket recommendations like this.

This is Offspring, it’s a baby grand.

I’m pretty sure the Captain means “outside of work hours.”

First order of business: Schedule four sacred hours/week for Future Career Stuff and four sacred hours/week for Fun. You can break those hours up into little daily things or big chunks of things, but you need that time. It’s not optional.

Key word “remember” . This is particularly important when talking about splurging on “experiences” like vacations, trips, etc. 

You know I feel like this landscape has changed dramatically over the last 20 years or so. I recall it starting when I was a kid, you could do camps and stuff and the kids who were really good were doing advanced leagues. Now, I hear coworkers kids who get “offered a contract” to play with a club team, which comes…

I guess our current family motto is “We’re going to be late, again!”

Lately, though, she’s been asking me to delete the videos in which she declares she sounds “so bad.”

This is like the one time I appreciate my little Hams being such picky eaters. I literally CAN NOT get them to try apple juice. They ONLY drink water. My 3 y/o Hamlet had a two week period where he was drinking Capri Sun juice pouches, which promptly caused him a bout of diarrhea(and an awful case of diaper rash). Now…

This.

I don’t normally respond to these things, but on a per-student basis, I believe the federal government is providing more assistance than in the last 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

Your earlobes are made of fat.

That, and you had just rubbed one out, amirite?

This is a great move on Delta’s part.

I think a more apt suggestion would be to examine your own choices for a living situation. I know someone who pays a fairly ridiculous amount to live in a 1Br in a complex That’s more like a hotel. There’s a “concierge” and a gym and a “ theatre”. He justifies the cost by including these “services” he’d otherwise…

This is one of those things where I feel like it’s good to exercise caution based on a solid self-assessment of abilities, and risk.

Create a portable VirtualBox USB drive. Run your VM in session on the computer. Have it configured with VPN.