Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
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How Can I Stay Positive for My Kids When I’m So Overwhelmed?
By Allison Briscoe-Smith — 2020
Even for a psychologist who studies how kids understand racism and violence, talking to her own children about it is difficult.
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