Following the death of her daughter, Trista Hamsmith turned her grief into action to help make button batteries harder for kids to access — but the law that passed didn’t apply to toys. Hamsmith tried to get the Consumer Product Safety Commission to apply the standard to toys, but the effort stalled over the summer. The agency has lost key leadership and staff, and now, two former CPSC commissioners are issuing warnings to consumers:

The biggest lie in self-help is this: You don’t “find” yourself. People spend their whole lives searching, as if who they are is buried somewhere far away. But you’re not hidden treasure... You’re not waiting under a rock to be discovered. You don’t find yourself. You invent yourself. That’s why the Torah says: לא בשמים היא It’s not in Heaven. Not distant. It’s right here; in your mouth, your heart, your action. Life isn’t about discovering who you are. It’s about tearing away the false picture,