I literally have to go by feel (and smell, we ain’t risking a pitch black poop change). None the less, weird they haven’t bothered making contrasting sides.

Some Japanese diapers we had at least had consistently different characters front vs back but in low light that’s still iffy.

The not knowing it’s a sanctuary city reminds me that it might not be; their list includes a lot of errors (as always). For instance, someone in Huntington Beach told me it was on the list even though that is one extremely conservative city in So. Cal… It’s probably about as well researched as their tarrifs were.

It is certainly terrible in general being alive in America in 2025, though, and doubly true with kids. I’m not even sure if homeschooling is going to fix that, though. My kids aren’t old enough for K-12, but my family always gets into trouble with authority so it’ll be a bit tricky teaching them how to navigate it all.

Two year old, she hasn’t watched Paw Patrol but oddly enough she has a golden book with three Paw Patrol stories in it. I hate reading it and she gets bored of it easily but still like to go back to it for whatever reason-- I’ve come to spice things to by reading it with overly dramatic voice and pacing (with dramatic… Pauses). She tends to prefer books, so I’m lucky.

I haven’t had to ban anything, but she mostly likes kids songs (e.g. Simple Songs). My mom likes to show her Ukrainian show Masha and the Bear, and since my kids half Japanese, we often do a show called Shinapushu. All on YouTube.

But, I even have her around when I’m watching stuff I want to watch, like Last Week Tonight. She repeats the occasional swear word but I’m pretty indifferent about that, I’m much more worried about her shouting “Clock” because she doesn’t pronounce the “l” and has a tendency to point and shout it excitedly. I often have to quickly say, loudly, “yes V, it’s a CLOCK.”