Soap Opera Mode

What it captures

The single most expensive thing fathers do to themselves in the first six months.

Tracey's explanation

WhatsApp screenshots, the carefully-worded Facebook post, the texts written for the audience you don't know is watching yet. Soap Opera Mode feels like fighting back. It reads, in court, like the case for restricting time with your kids.

How to use it this week

Three-week social-media fast minimum. Every text written as if a registrar will read it on Monday. Sometimes one will.