Sarah and I check in about how summer is treating us so far. We wonder about nostalgia for imagined summers of the past where kids were a certain kind of sweaty, dirty, healthy bored rather than annoying-whining-and-begging-for-screens bored.
Is long, lazy, shapeless summer within reach for parents in 2026? If so, how do we grab it?
Plus: Each of our TO…
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