Alex Clark

I grew up in a house that allowed sleepovers.

I had kids over at my house.

I went other places.

Just the most fun, best times of my life.

But I...

think there is a happy medium of finding that extremely trustworthy family.

You know exactly who's in that house.

You have established a lot of trust.

Like the parents are very close friends.

You guys are always hanging around each other with your own kids.

You're doing life together.

Or, you know, same with like a grandparent or cousins and aunts or whatever.

But I mean, it's not somebody that you obviously talk to twice a year.

I mean, this is somebody that you are seeing frequently, weekly, whatever.

Your kids are very

familiar with them and their home or your home.

And so I think it's important to identify one or two, a couple of those families in your life to kind of share those sleepovers with or experiences with so that your kids have those opportunities to be away from parents a little bit.

You aren't the only one swimming in chlorine as the weather gets warmer.

So is your chicken.

One of the craziest things I ever learned is that in the US, some meat is literally washed in chemical solutions like antimicrobial rinses or chlorine-type washes before they hit the shelf.