Hi friend! Welcome to a fresh, new week! We had a really good weekend, starting with Jordan’s basketball game on Saturday. All her practicing in the driveway is really paying off- she’s a little hustler on the court! She made several shots and it’s so fun to watch! I was in charge of the snacks and this collapsible tote came in very handy for transporting! And, the best news of all- we got my mom moved into her new apartment! It’s a really cute home and only 2 miles from us. It’s been a long time coming and we’re all thrilled that she’s finally here! Now for all the unpacking and organizing, but I love helping with that kind of...
Andre Francois McKenzie, Unsplash Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda, it doesn’t take much for my kids to sing about the “room where it happened” and the Compromise of 1790. Don’t most kids rap about the tradeoff between state debt and the placement of the capitol? This vignette in early American history, famously showcased in Miranda’s blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” shows the tortured and nonlinear role that money played in our country’s development. On one hand, Thomas Jefferson wanted the solitary farmer tilling his bucolic farm to be the new model while Alexander Hamilton saw urban areas as the main driver of prosperity. To facilitate complex transactions, Hamilton proposed a national bank that would guarantee each of the colonies’ debt incurred during the Revolution. Jefferson saw a central...
Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, talks with the Deseret News during an interview in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan 19, 2023.Ryan Sun, Deseret News Tweens and teens spend as much as nine hours a day scrolling through social media, gaming, online shopping, video chatting and texting on their cell phones.And an increasing amount of evidence suggests all that screen time is taking a toll on their mental health.“The statistics are clear we’ve got a generation of young people that are the most distressed, anxious, depressed and tragically suicidal than any generation in our history,” said Rep. Chris Stewart, who was recently named co-chairman of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus in Congress.The rise in anxiety and depression, he says, can be...
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With the first annual all-family Levin planning meeting in the books, I’m writing to report on how this family activity went. To rewind a bit, I’ve shared before that my husband and I are avid fans of the process of planning. We do a weekly planning meeting together on Saturday nights. (More on how to engage your partner in one of these types of weekly check-ins here.) For the past 10 years, we’ve also devoted a day, typically toward the end of the year, to an annual planning exercise. We’ve found this to be a really steadying practice for us as a couple. It gives us the chance to review the prior year, look ahead to the future, and re-connect...
