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How to Be Okay for Your Kids (When You’re Not Okay At All)

How to Be Okay for Your Kids (When You’re Not Okay At All)

Pretending, denying, and avoiding this won’t work here

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Crystal Jackson
Mar 18, 2021
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Pretending, denying, and avoiding this won’t work here

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Child-free weekends used to mean sleeping in, enjoying some peace and quiet, and generally doing all the things it can be difficult to do with children in tow. Twice a month, they go to their dad’s house, and I get a breather. Only lately, it hasn’t felt like a breat…

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