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My Favorite Things This Week #108

The Friday High 5: Parenting Is a Long, Slow Lesson in Learning to Say Good-Bye

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Eric Pierce
Feb 28, 2025
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My daughter was very attached when she was little. To the point that we expected a major scene the first day of preschool—clutching legs, gnashing teeth, tearing of garments. Biblical level emotions. Instead, she just calmly walked in the door. Didn’t even say goodbye.

My wife and I stood there looking at each other. We’d game planned for a lot o…

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