The Difference Between Being Present and Being Available

I have lost count of the evenings I was technically home. Body in the kitchen, mind somewhere in tomorrow. My kids knew the difference long before I did.

This article is where I want to untangle two words we use as if they were the same: presence and availability. They are not. One is a location. The other is a posture.

What children actually notice ## The myth of quality time ## What availability looks like in practice ## Small doors, opened daily ## A question worth sitting with