| No Images? Click here  Here we are again.In the last week, the government has shut down, Trump reached one year in office and, most notably to me, the Women’s March took place over the weekend. The march was, once again, attended by hundreds of thousands of people around the world, people who by and large are fed up with the status quo.It’s always reassuring to see people show up for these kinds of events, to show that — no matter what 2017 threw at us — people who deeply believe in doing what’s right are still here.Also this weekend, I watched David Letterman’s new interview series on Netflix, the first of which is a discussion with former President Obama. Much of the episode focused on a discussion of Dr. Martin Luther King and Congressman John Lewis’s legacy, decades after they stood up, against heavy obstacles, to walk across that bridge in Selma to fight for equality. Letterman asked Obama about lessons we should take from those times and what Obama said stuck with me:"What John Lewis and Dr. King teach us is to ask ourselves questions: if we see cruelty, if we see inequalities, if we see injustice, why is that? ‘Am I a part of this? Am I willing to do something about it? Are there sacrifices I'm willing to make to change it?’ And that's not always easy, but it's necessary, that's how progress is made. And that's why I always say that the way America has become more perfect, not perfect but more perfect, typically has to do with ordinary people deciding you know what ‘that’s not right!’It’s a crucial thing: feeling that responsibility to stand up for others, especially when they can’t stand up for themselves. It’s something I spend a lot of time thinking about in my day-to-day life, especially as a parent. Cause that’s the thing: you want your kid to feel that desire innately, but it can be a struggle to impart that on a daily basis. If we do nothing else with this community here, I want to create a space where parents can learn from others and discuss the ways we instill morality, compassion and humanity in our children.I’d always love to hear your thoughts; feel free to email me with questions you want me to dive into and other ideas at katea@huffpost.com.Funniest tweet from parents this week  Book I love
For when your kid is keeping you awake Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announced on Friday that they’ve named their newborn daughter Chicago. So Caroline Bologna looked at the data of people giving their kids that name and what’s happened with the popularity of the names North and Saint, the couple’s two other children, since their birth. The answers might surprise you. More stories from the trenches:
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