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Mar 2021
30m 9s

#11: Mother knows best

Amaeya Media
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Egypt celebrated Mother's Day a few days ago, so I talked to the mother I know best: my own. She's an outspoken woman, and she makes some good points on how times have changed, my sister's decision to not have kids, and being lax in parenting style. But, when it comes to my potty training strategy and disciplining my kids, let's just say we can agree to disagree.

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