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Feb 2022
13m 23s

How I Learned to Forgive Myself When I M...

MICHELLE KENNEY, M. ED
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I began parenting with the idea of being the perfectly attached mom. But what none of the books told me was how to respond to my children when things were hard, when strong wills were introduced and kids said no. I resorted to yelling and that yelling led me to self-loathing which created a cycle I could not stop until I found connective parenting. Come alon ... Show More
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