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May 2023

9m 55s

Unpunished: Redefining Parenting Through...

MICHELLE KENNEY, M. ED

About this episode

Today I want to read to you another excerpt from my new book Unpunished, it’s from the chapter entitled Redefining Parenting Through Connection and I share with you what happened when I shifted away from a desire to control to a desire for relationship with my kids.

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