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With school supplies in one arm, my baby on the opposing hip, and my twin 6-year-old boys and 3-year-old daughter trailing me like ducklings, I climbed the stairs up to the building for back-to-school night last week. There are 44 steps over three flights (I counted). And on the first flight, there’s a quote, each step escalating to the next phrase:

Katelyn Walls Shelton is a Visiting Fellow in the Bioethics, Technology, and Human Flourishing Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and a 2025-2026 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. You can find her on X at @annakateshelt, or follow her Substack, Technically Human.