Elderly man ahead of me in grocery line, shaking his head in disbelief: "$20 for coffee. Yuban coffee is $20. We're done." If you voted for Trump, please explain why you think this is okay.

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Not a huge baseball fan but, damn, this makes me proud to be an Angeleno. Thank you, Dodgers 🩵 www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Cruelty is weak. Compassion is strong.

I needed this, you may too.

Sick and despicable

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How many dogs do you know that can do this?

Taking a break from writing to ponder life.

We urge the President and Congress to reconsider closing the Department of Education. The Dept. supports programs like Title I preschool and IDEA Part C for infants & toddlers with disabilities that help ensure children get the strong start they need to thrive. Read our statement: bit.ly/41HER2v

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Update from Goods Unite Us. So long, @tjmaxx.bsky.social 👎🏻

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Keep this info coming. We all have boycott power

Earthquaaaake

I agree

Worth the read. Interesting thing is, though, that if you routinely engage with a baby AS IF she is conscious, she will prove that to you. Better than any experiment could. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

Is anyone else having trouble trying to carry on like this is normal life?

Babies are people too.

The person most unhappy about a child’s behavior is the child.

Here in LA we like to cram as many catastrophes as possible into the first two months of the year: fires, floods, earthquakes, satanic government takeovers. Builds resilience 😑

Encyclopedia Britannica! 🙌 No Gulf of “America” for them 👏

Yes, kids will need to learn academics but these lessons shouldn't be straight-jacketed onto them in the toddler & preschool years. The funneling down of structured learning is even MORE reason to let kids play while they can. Let's protect this precious, ever shrinking window of time for our kids

There's nothing wrong with us for wanting to use bribes or consequences, but this works SO much better... www.janetlansbury.com/2025/02/if-c...

Yes!

The values we aim to teach our babies from infancy… From Matthew Cantor and @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING NEWS: Half a dozen U.S. Medical facilities in the Sudan say following Trump’s order to immediately stop their operations will cause up to 100 babies and toddlers die. So they will defy his order.

Don’t let anyone tell you that sensitivity isn’t a plus to encourage in your child.

What's the hardest part about setting limits with our kids? Allowing them to disagree and then letting, even encouraging, them to express that to us. This dynamic is the key to effective relationship-centered discipline.

What happens when we don't give the words a child says power? When we don't give the silly, annoying stuff that our kids are doing power? When we don't give our little child trying to invade our space every minute power? It goes away. The behavior goes away. www.janetlansbury.com/2025/01/reso...

Thank you @jimacosta.bsky.social for refusing to comply in advance and standing up for democracy and freedom of the press! THIS is what EVERY journalist, news anchor and political analyst should be doing! Don't give in to the fear. Don't give in to the lies.

👎 to Amazon, Meta, Google, Walmrt, McDonalds, Target, Ford for their spinelessness in ending DEI initiatives. Need to find a way out of Meta & Google. Rest are easy to lose. 👏 to the brands that didn't cave: Cosco, elf, Chase, GoldmanSachs, Apple, BofA, Marriott, Microsoft, Proctor&Gamble, Delta

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C’mon rain

So Target got real comfy thinking us millennial moms won’t take our basic girl bits to Costco & Aldi after they cut DEI programs to satisfy the new administration. Big mistake. Huge.

If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.

Sending love & prayers to my fellow Angelenos. Lived here since I was one through two big earthquakes, mud slides & many fires. We nearly lost our home in 2017 when our neighborhood was ravaged. But I've never seen anything like this. Please know that you are not alone. We'll get through this, LA!

From just outside the fire zone... my first post on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/janetlan...

Pausing for a moment to appreciate one of life’s miracles: double stick tape

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How is “reason for being” going for you? Well I hope 🌦️

Remember... no child wants to be behaving in a manner that annoys or angers us. So what they need is for us to help them stop, rather than scolding or punishing them.

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