Summer parenting goals versus reality: Try being present, not perfect

runawaybunny

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Summer parenting goals versus reality: Try being present, not perfect - The Globe

Welcome to summer! This is a note to all of you moms and dads who are spending your summers home with your kids. When my three boys were little, I loved our summers spent together. I was the mom who counted down the days until school let out because that would mean my boys would be with me all summer. I was excited. I was thrilled. I had well laid plans. But then life would happen and all those plans would be forgotten.

Looking back, I realize I had a fantasy going on. The schedule was too rigid; I was raising children not soldiers.
 
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