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A Guide to Self-Care for Parents: Why Making Time for Yourself Matters

By Waterford.org — 2020

Between taking children to school and managing other to-dos, some days it may feel like you don’t get a minute to yourself. And even when you hear about, self-care, you may dismiss it as frivolous, unnecessary, or even selfish.

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