Chasten Buttigieg

I think it's like a modern American family. And so I hope that other families will enjoy it. I hope it brings a lot of joy to bedtime. But again, I'm not naive and understand what we're up against as a community and as a country. So not to be like the guy out here hawking his book, but a great thing that you can do is request books like this at your library and at your school.

I think it's like a modern American family. And so I hope that other families will enjoy it. I hope it brings a lot of joy to bedtime. But again, I'm not naive and understand what we're up against as a community and as a country. So not to be like the guy out here hawking his book, but a great thing that you can do is request books like this at your library and at your school.

because I do think it represents who we are as Americans and there's room for everybody at the table.

because I do think it represents who we are as Americans and there's room for everybody at the table.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, I think this administration definitely seems to love to go after teachers and families, right? Making it harder for teachers and harder for families. Imagine that you're like a 21, 22-year-old college graduate with your bachelor's degree in education. And you're looking around thinking, okay, I'm ready to start my career in education. Where am I going to go?

Well, I think this administration definitely seems to love to go after teachers and families, right? Making it harder for teachers and harder for families. Imagine that you're like a 21, 22-year-old college graduate with your bachelor's degree in education. And you're looking around thinking, okay, I'm ready to start my career in education. Where am I going to go?

Places like Florida, probably not as attractive. Places like Oklahoma that welcome libs of TikTok in. right? Who bring her to the table to draft policy. You know, just a bigoted real estate agent is now the person who's going to be helping draft education policy. But imagine that college graduate Thinking, is this really what I want to do?

Places like Florida, probably not as attractive. Places like Oklahoma that welcome libs of TikTok in. right? Who bring her to the table to draft policy. You know, just a bigoted real estate agent is now the person who's going to be helping draft education policy. But imagine that college graduate Thinking, is this really what I want to do?

Or what kind of environment are we creating as a country that asks people to step up to the call to become educators, right? You're underpaid, right? It's a really hard job. You don't get the appreciation and respect. On the way over here in the Uber, I was reading about how they want to do away with Head Start. Like you're talking about the most vulnerable kids in our country.

Or what kind of environment are we creating as a country that asks people to step up to the call to become educators, right? You're underpaid, right? It's a really hard job. You don't get the appreciation and respect. On the way over here in the Uber, I was reading about how they want to do away with Head Start. Like you're talking about the most vulnerable kids in our country.

So now you want to take away Head Start. Now you're putting tariffs on baby goods coming from Asia, right? So now you're making car seats more expensive, strollers more expensive. And these are the people in Washington who are screaming like, have more kids, right? It's like their weird thing right now. It's like, well- Natalism is real weird.

So now you want to take away Head Start. Now you're putting tariffs on baby goods coming from Asia, right? So now you're making car seats more expensive, strollers more expensive. And these are the people in Washington who are screaming like, have more kids, right? It's like their weird thing right now. It's like, well- Natalism is real weird.

We'll give you money to have kids, but then like we can't afford childcare. We can't afford a stroller. Yeah.

We'll give you money to have kids, but then like we can't afford childcare. We can't afford a stroller. Yeah.

I thought you were going to say an Elon Musk designed stroller. No. No, I saw a cyber truck.

I thought you were going to say an Elon Musk designed stroller. No. No, I saw a cyber truck.

Oh yeah, yeah. it's so weird to think about that chapter in life. Now that we have these, you know, brilliant, incredible kids running around our house and just destroying the walls. Um, but when we were a crayons everywhere, they just started. Yeah. And you know, I, I swear like the other week I was like, I think they're doing really good with the white walls. Right.

Oh yeah, yeah. it's so weird to think about that chapter in life. Now that we have these, you know, brilliant, incredible kids running around our house and just destroying the walls. Um, but when we were a crayons everywhere, they just started. Yeah. And you know, I, I swear like the other week I was like, I think they're doing really good with the white walls. Right.