Perfectionism ⁽²⁾

Sweden is known for its meatballs, and we Americans likely know this because of IKEA. The build-it-yourself retailer’s blue and yellow buildings — a curtsey to the Swedish flag — house various culturally informed meals and eats. There are little gummy candies and fika-inspired treats…

In the unrelenting chase of what is ‘best,’ many of us can unknowingly allow our lives to become defined by materialism. —Jennifer Breheny Wallace (Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It) With a zero-, one-, or two-year-old child, the…