Cartwheels, coffee and chaos – an Irish mum in New York on parenting through Trump’s America

Since Donald Trump returned to office in January, the ripple effects have been felt around the globe. In New York, they don’t necessarily arrive as major headlines or sweeping legislation, but as subtle shifts in everyday life. You feel it in the anxious hush at school drop-offs, in the way people hesitate before saying what they think, and in the small, practical decisions that suddenly feel political: whether to spend, where to live, how to plan for the future.

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