The parent you're becomingIntegrative

“What's your one sentence for the friend who's next?”

Why this question

They're standing where you stood a year ago, pretending to be calmer than they are. You get one sentence.

Where it leads

Make it the true one, not the impressive one.

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Rather say it than write it?

This question lives in the Save These Days app as a one-minute voice prompt — answerable one-handed, while the baby sleeps on you, kept on your own device.

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