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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
I am not a parent, at least not yet.
But having watched my friends and family raise their kids,
parenting seems to me like being in one of those batting cages where there's a ball ejected
in the direction of your face going however many miles per hour over
and over nonstop.
Except the balls are coming from every direction and you couldn't possibly hit them all.
Also, some days it feels like you're in there without a bat or a helmet.
My friends are trying to keep their kids safe and healthy.
They're trying to raise good humans with a clear sense of right and wrong.
And at the same time, they're just trying to get through the day.
While one kid is pulling all the toilet paper off the roll, the other two are pulling each other's hair.
The doorbell's ringing and dinner is burning on the stove.
Parenting has always been hard and overwhelming,
but I was surprised that recent data shows in a lot of ways it's even tougher now.