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The Mom Stop: Battling the ‘I don’t want to’ syndrome

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"I didn't want to do this, but I did it anyway," my 7-year-old daughter signed her spelling homework last week in her uneven, scraggly second-grade handwriting, followed with her name and a heart.I couldn't help but chuckle.I think about so many things in life that phrase could apply to: I didn't want to do the dishes, but I did it anyway. I didn't want to fork over a chunk of my paycheck to childcare, but I did it anyway. I didn't want to pick 1,001 tiny Lego pieces out of the shag rug [...]

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