There's a sentence parents say to each other, like it's a warm blanket. Nobody really knows

what they're doing. And it's usually delivered with that kind of shrug. Or it's delivered over

coffee or just kind of whispered in a group text after Haran Day. And without a doubt,

it is meant to make parents feel better. And sometimes it definitely does. And sometimes

it makes you look around and think, but maybe some people do. And that mom at pickup, when that

parent is dealing with that tantrum, like, I like the way that parent handled it.

And this other parent who's telling me how they dealt with their kid lying, I don't know if I would have done that, but I kind of like that too.

And then there's a bigger zoom out. If nobody knows what they're doing, with the job that probably impacts our own life and the world in the biggest way,

I don't know. Does that maybe mean something else if we're all just winging it?

And can we think about that question without going to the extreme and the opposite?

The opposite extreme is, oh, someone has it all together and is always perfect.

Is there anything in between that would be useful as a framework?

Well, my leak is here again to help me unpack this because I think it's really important

and I wanted to talk to her about it.

I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good inside.

I'm glad you're here.

Thank you. I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good inside. I'm glad you're here. My oldest just, we're at the cutest little pizza place by our house, and I'm by myself.

I have the stroller.

I have my tablet.

I've got it. I've got everything I need.

Screaming on the floor, through the tablet, on the ground.

Through it? Through it. Through it. Hanging out of the stroller. I'm trying to order a pizza. Everybody's staring at me.

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