This short episode is an audio essay from yours truly. Special thanks to my friend, EA, for the guest intro!

Working in pediatric urgent care, I have an ongoing joke with my pediatrician colleagues — In each consult room, there are always two patients: the sick child and the stressed-out parent. The pediatricians handle the child, and I handle the parents.

It helps that I’m in their shoes; raising two young boys in a post-pandemic world. I’ve learned a lot on the front lines of primary care while chronicling my experience at home with my family. Lately, I’ve been having plenty of conversations with young Mothers and Fathers about their struggles with finding time to maintain their mental and physical health, while handling the responsibilities and pressures of parenthood.

This episode is dedicated to all of them—the Fathers, Mothers, and OGs who are trying to balance the art of parenting, raising young children, and providing for their loved ones while maintaining their health and sanity.

Please enjoy.

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