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    To All the Young Moms Whom the Internet Has Failed

    It starts so innocently. What begins as a single search for a specific purpose – a recipe using overripe bananas, a solution for toy organization, a printable for fall decor – ends in a 3 hour internet binge. Instead of a recipe, solution, or printable, I find myself with 14 new home improvement projects, 3 new at-home workouts, and 12 easy steps to raising genius children overnight. It’s a hard thing, navigating life in the digital age. It’s not just hard for teenagers, it’s hard for women and men and moms and teachers and spouses and humans. All the expectations. All the opinions, all the comparison, all the “could be”s and “should be”s and “why aren’t you”s that make it…