Where can we talk honestly online about empty nesting?

Things get tricky when you and your family hang out in the same online spaces.

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Today, I’m pondering how and where we can talk openly online, parent-to-parent, without trampling on our adult kids’ privacy- and parental TMI limits. 🤔

But first! I want to thank everyone who has submitted a Mailbag question. Reading your questions is so heartening. We know we’re all in the same boat, but hearing the details makes it real, you know? #foreshadowing

I’ll send out our first Mailbag post next week (maybe the week after). I’m not sure what the cadence will be yet — let’s just see where it takes us.

From now on, you’ll find the Mailbag submission link 📬✨ at the end of every email and in the FAQ pinned to the new Mailbag section of the website. If you didn’t catch the announcement, here it is.

The privacy thing

In the announcement, I pointed out that the Mailbag activat…