Once you understand this, you will never vote for Republicans/Russians ever again.
Loving you children and the children of your neighbors and children of people you dont know, and not assuming the worst in others, are Republicans non-starters.
Republicans start from suspicion and prejudice and move quickly to anger and hate.
As someone who grew up with "I'm not going to praise you for doing what's expected of you; that's not being good, that's doing the bare minimum" I want to encourage you to celebrate every little thing you can. Everything that takes energy and effort should be appreciated and you're allowed to be happy about trying.
If it's hard to do then it's not nothing. Be proud of yourself