EST. 2026
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Vol. I / No. 1571
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mental health

Parenting Jun 4, 2026

Her teenager has been billing her for emotional labor.

A 15-year-old in Seattle has been sending her mother monthly Venmo requests labeled "household management & emotional regulation." The amounts are small. The descriptions are devastating. The mother has paid every one.
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Aging Jun 1, 2026

She found out her therapist had been retired for two years.

A woman in Minneapolis discovered the therapist she had been seeing every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for two years had quietly retired in 2024. The sessions had continued. They had, in some ways, been helpful. She…
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