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I write about conflict, identity, and the patterns
we carry longer than we should.
Parenting Plan Mistakes That People Regret Most Often
The disputes that blow up months after a plan is signed almost never come from the big custody split. They come from the small provisions nobody thought to write down. Here are the parenting plan mistakes people most regret, and what to put in instead.
Masha Rusanov
3 days ago5 min read
My Teen Talks to an AI Chatbot Instead of Me. Should I Be Worried?
Let's unwrap this... Some worry is warranted. Panic is not. An AI companion your teen talks to is not automatically dangerous, and it is also not the harmless "it is just a tool" the marketing implies. What matters is which of two very different things is happening. Your kid might be using a chatbot now and then to think out loud, the way an earlier generation filled a journal. Or your kid might have made a machine the main place they take their inner life, and stopped bringi
Masha Rusanov
Jul 245 min read
The Silent Treatments, The Closed Doors, And The Conflict Patterns Behind Them
I was erased for the first time in fifth grade. It happened again and again over the years, and each time I ran the same script. It took decades, and one final breaking point, to realize it was never about me, but my response always was.
Masha Rusanov
May 193 min read
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