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    The 'not your birthday present' tradition my M.I.L started

    @katrina2017 Giving a present to the other children is a sticking plaster, it's not solving the root problem. You're better off helping the child to learn that, firstly, it's okay to sometimes be disappointed, but that disappointment doesn't need to ruin the rest of their day, and secondly, try...
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    The 'not your birthday present' tradition my M.I.L started

    @katrina2017 Not giving someone a present on someone else's birthday is nowhere near "intentional disappointment". That's a pretty huge stretch to make. It's not even a tough lesson for young kids to learn.
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    I’ve got a good one for you guys…“Daddy what’s this sticky stuff?”

    @sowhatwithit Oh my god, a few months ago I had to go from fully asleep to daughter struggling to breath and ambulance called because of covid that she didn't have before I went to sleep. After getting up to speed and then later winding down a bit, I came very close to vomiting from what I...
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    The 'not your birthday present' tradition my M.I.L started

    @jackiecline That's the kind of thing people do where they're trying to protect children from getting upset but really they're preventing them from learning some emotional maturity.
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