In this edition of ‘Brooding,’ Kathryn Jezer-Morton argues that when we raise our kids with too much control — of their moods, their consumption, their safety — we are making it harder for them to transform and change. trib.al/NzyRAH0

Brooding this week is about C O N T R O L and how our obsession with it flavors everything. It's the spirit of our age! It's Huberman! It's Dr Becky! It's my neighbors along the Canada/US border and their gd 'wildlife' cameras! Subscribers got it today, read it on The Cut demain

Profound piece in New York Times Opinion by Lindsay Ryan, MD, MFA on the epidemic of 'end-stage poverty.'

'Medical textbooks usually don’t discuss fixing your patient’s housing. They seldom include making sure your patient has enough food and some way to get to a clinic.'
nytimes.com/2024/04/11/opi…

The next Brooding is about how all anyone cares about today is control. For example,

i also notice that people call things 'exhausting' when they lack the capacity to summon other ideas. like they are literally exhausted by the effort of thinking about something challenging and interesting

so odd, the commenters remarking that danny and family's lifestyle sounds 'exhausting'. meanwhile hetero mothers have elevated complaining about hetero fathers to a standalone genre. I mean please. Is exhaustion simply the only mode you know how to communicate in?

karaoke in a foreign country though? transcendent. plus people never pick the songs you think they'll pick

the lesson we should all be taking from this is that you should read war and peace til the end

trying to not use the word 'capitalism' in writing anymore and i gotta say... i recommend it

The pangram on spelling bee today was super lame. Not a real word.

successful essays don't invite reflection. they incite readers to weigh in about how they know better and are cooler than the writer. i hope we never see the day that this formula for success runs its course because it's very fun to hear about how cool everyone is

these parties sound terrible. i feel bad for u guys