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Talking to the kids about how they get to choose what they call me.

10yo: I have a daddy, a mummy, and a bright light in my childhood.

Me: 😍

10yo: ... that sometimes dims when there's no spoons left.

😂

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I get to join in on #Caturday today!

It’s my stepkids’ mom’s year to host Christmas, so we had four (!) feline festivity participants. The oranges are Parker (bigger) and Toby (smaller), and the greys are Stella (no socks) and Mavis (white socks). Not a good pic, but it’s the first time I’ve caught all four in one shot — they rarely stand still close enough to take family photos.

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Nobody told me that stepparenting would involve this much infosec research about tween / teen apps, their privacy and PII policies, and the developers behind them

followed by fruitless conversations with the kids about how not thrilled I am about what I find out

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