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Childhood is not a performance

Childhood is not a performance

And neither is parenting.

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Amber Adrian
Sep 25, 2024
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“There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.”

-Marianne Williamson

I saw a video recently that struck me. A baby was giving abundant adorable smiles—despite the weird black box right in her face1—and the parent kept repeating a phrase over and over.

“Good sm…

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