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"On Immunity," public health, diaper rationing, the two kingdoms, my daughter's first cold, and as always, breastfeeding.

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Caroline Calvert
Apr 18, 2024
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This essay1 started out about Kate Middleton.2

Over the past several weeks, it has morphed, turning into this essay about grappling with the limits on my ability to protect my daughter. The common thread of this essay’s permutations is, of course, a mother’s worst nightmares—the dreaded consequences of those limits.

My daughter’s cleaving from my body is …

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