Care Podcast: This is a podcast based on my essay Care from my book Ghosts of Parenting. It’s a conversation about the quiet weight parents carry inside themselves, the things we hold so our children don’t have to. About doing the weighing in our own bodies so they can move freely. About staying steady while they learn how far they can go. The essay doesn’t offer advice or strategies. It simply names what many parents are already living, the constant inner calculation, the restraint, the love that shows up as staying back rather than stepping in. If you’re a parent who carries more than you say, this will probably feel familiar.