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What Children Learn When We Stop Over-Functioning mom guilt parenting permission Dec 02, 2025

It’s 7:14am and you’re packing a lunch your kid could pack themselves.

You’re also scanning the counter for the permission slip that needed signing yesterday, mentally tracking the library book that’...

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The Guilt That Follows You Into Every Room guilt mom guilt permission presence Dec 02, 2025

You’re giving your kid a bath and you’re not there.

Your hands are in the water. You’re making the right sounds. But your mind is three rooms away, drafting an email you should have sent two hours ag...

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