You're not the problem; summer is just hard! I’m sitting in the parking lot of our neighborhood swimming pool, wrapping up a Zoom call and emails while my kids finish morning swim practice. This is my typical morning during summer break. No 7 am breakfast complaints. No stressing over tests. No permission slips to sign while sprinting out the door. No homework, teacher gifts, or silly dress-up days. And yet. My stress goes up every June. Sound familiar? Why is it that Summer

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The Fair Play Policy Institute just came out with their annual study, the 2024 State of Parenting Report.