I thought the Internet made parenting easier. It also made me less present.0

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• July 18, 2026

My son was 11 years old when he volunteered to be the boy soloist at the school Christmas concert. Nobody else would do it. That alone made me proud. He was standing there looking like a young Aled Jones, and he was magnificent. The school hall was full. Other parents leaned forward in their plastic