Episode 223: Love Is Downwardly Mobile

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Wordle distractions, parenting silos, mental midwinters, and undeserving fairy tales. Also, Sarah recalls the glory of heads-up seven-up. Click here (https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/61eefb8bdc551a0020852bf1/too-much-information/) to read Charlie Warzel's newsletter about Wordle backlash. Click here (https://annehelen.substack.com/p/why-no-one-can-hear-parents-screaming) to read Anne Helen Petersen's newsletter on Screaming Parents. Click here (https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/why-you-may-be-experiencing-a-mental-midwinter/) to read The School of Life's entry on Mental Midwinters. Click here (https://mbird.com/literature/parables-of-grace-happy-endings-for-the-undeserving/) to read Benjamin Self's piece on Fairy Tales Click here (https://mbird.com/holidays/plans-and-resolutions-divinely-interrupted/) to read Stephanie Phillips's essay on Divine Interruptions.