I stopped paying attention to the news in recent years because it's so damn depressing. But of late, with all the election nuttiness, I've started following more pages that share actual news stories (on FB). And now I feel like I'm just constantly angry! Not about the election stuff so much (at this point it's just too bizarre), but some of the stories I see. Republicans in Illinois have proposed a bill that says if an unmarried woman won't name the father to be put on the birth certificate, they have to name another family member who will provide financial assistance in raising the kid or they don't get a birth certificate and don't qualify for state assistance. The LA city council having cops evict homeless from some tiny houses that were donated and destroying them. And on and on. What is wrong with people? Even the parenting pages occasionally share upsetting news stories, like the inner city school principal who wouldn't let kids go to a school wide pajama party if they weren't wearing what he considered actual pajamas. There are happy stories, like the 106yo black woman getting to go to the White House to meet Obama (which is just incredible when you consider what she's seen to be able to meet our first black president. But with media being what it is, the bad always seems bigger.

How do you find balance? How do you not just stick your head in the sand but also stay sane?