April 12, 2022, 8:32 p.m.

“I Don’t Tell Daddy What To Do”

“I’m not the mayor of New York City and I’m not the president,” says child with absolutely no history of telling her father what to do.

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She said this so nonchalantly, looking absently into the middle distance, that I very nearly forgot just how much of every single day is consumed by Kina telling me exactly what to do.

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