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this re-ignites my fantasy to write a blog (a hem, substack whatever) where my husband and I review the same movies our kids make us watch over and over and over. "Frozen 2, 48th time: today I noticed what a jerk the second rock troll is being during the second. Am i the only one seeing this?!" etc etc etc.

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The good news is your kids are watching movies! Mine are hooked on these “creator families” who dress up as characters and make dumb videos for YouTube. It’s embarrassing!

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We just watched Honey I Shrunk the Kids and I had forgotten that the whole movie wouldn’t work if they had cellphones or responsible parents.

Both sets of parents were just like “those darn kids have been missing for 6 hours!! How dare they mess up our fishing trip!”

And that was a Disney movie!!

We’re doing great.

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This just opened a floodgate—every movie of that era is about absentee parents! Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Home Alone, Ferris Bueller (kinda). I wonder what quintessential movie about our generation of WFH/helicopter parents will be made (it will be so boring.)

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Hahahah it will be so boring!! Everyone will be glued to their phones the whole time

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