Born to be loved

Previously, shortly after our 2nd son AK was born we worried the 1st son HG's mental ups and downs due to him facing a new life with a young brother. While it is indeed still concerning after 2 years, HG's been doing great in general as a elder brother. Now we've been worried more on the younger one. AK has been showing physical aggression for months. He slaps parents, his brother, cats. He also bites on his brother, more so than on parents. While I do feel sometimes he might not mean to attack by slapping/hitting because I see him smiling so that he may be using the action as part of playing or any way to simply interacts with others, a lot of other situations his hitting comes with fiercely saying "no". So he does use it as an offensive expression. Biting may be the same. Whenever he does it to me I feel it's more like playing, similar to cats' play-biting. However, whenever he bites on his eler brother is during the fight. This time in particular, covi

Coming from California (and from Tokyo previously), separating flammable and recyclable items at home has been nothing special. Then here I am in Georgia. Turned out the city we've moved in implements a progressive recycle category, as it seems to me at least. Some things I've found:   AFAICS, there's no state-wide law in Georgia that mandates recycling (wikipedia.org) . Wish I were wrong though. City of Decatur's recycling program: with 3 bins (not j ust one for all kinds of recycle, which was the case in Sacramento, CA) that the City offers for free (decaturga.com).  City of Decatur separates more items than Sacramento, CA? The apartment complex we've moved in, unfortunately, doesn't seem to separate trash at all.  Decatur Farmer's Market offers their own recycle station . It's one of our favorite grocery places, so very convenient. Unfortunately,  only a few types of plastic are acceptable. In City of Atlanta, t here seems to be a bet