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“Steven Clark had the unpleasant task of firing a 24-year-old—twice. Once was in a brief conversation with the new hire, who’d showed up late or not at all four times in his first week at a construction job. Then Clark had to do it all over again, this time with the guy’s mother.” Helicopter parents are co-piloting their adult children’s careers. “More parents are calling up hiring managers, applying for jobs on their adult child’s behalf, and even showing up—or lurking just off-screen—on Zoom calls to help navigate difficult conversations or go over benefits packages.” (I’ve told my kids that if they want to spend hours a day on a newsletter with no business model, they’ve got to achieve that on their own.)

+ “Left behind were 150 3,000-gallon tanks filled with, unfortunately, fish sauce. Those vats have now been sitting at the plant for more than 20 years, their contents fermenting. And fish sauce does not start to smell better with time.” A Canadian Town Will No Longer Reek of Fish Sauce.