When I Realized I Can’t Keep All of My Kids “Happy, Healthy, and Safe” All of the Time

We all say we just want to keep our kids “happy, healthy, and safe” but if we’re honest, that’s not possible all at once and all of the time.

I wrote for The Washington Post​ today on the endless trade-offs we makes as parents–the one “plus” we split into three semi-decent “status quos” in order to keep the balance. It is an endless game of give and take.

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