The kids and Adam are over their colds and Amy managed to fight the worst of the cold off! Yay! We did have lots of down time to play, read, and watch TV. As parents, Adam and I are trying our best to teach the kids not to have a fixed/negative mindset and to instead have a growth/positive mindset. Luckily for us, the kids don't watch too much TV as the negative political campaign advertisements from both of the major political parties are disappointing and embarrassing. As scientists, we provide references to our statistics so that reader/listener can do the research themselves and verify our information (and support our credibility). Credibility is something that is lacking in ALL negative political ads. It blows the mind to know that over 5 BILLION dollars has been raised for each election since 2008. This year, the fund raising from Jan 2019-Sep 2020 has been 16 BILLION dollars. I am not certain about your counties, but our county has had to layoff employees due to no funding. Our county is the entity that funds the public hospitals, police, and parks in addition to the Health Depart with all of the contract tracers (COVID was certainly not in anyone's budget for 2020). THINK of all of the positive efforts that could have been possible in education, medicine, environment, with those billions of dollars. At least we can use the negativity, repeated misstatements /lies, and disrespectful words as a teaching lesson for the kids. Our wish is for all human beings (regardless of political party, religion, race, sexual orientation, physical ability) is respect, kindness, the opportunity for a good education, and an open mind. We might have different beliefs but we are all human and each of us is no better than another human being.
Milkweed seeds in our yard ready to fly
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