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This Therapist Wants You To Under Schedule Your Kids

In mindbodygreen’s parenting column, Parenthetical, mbg parenting contributor, psychotherapist, and writer Lia Avellino explores the dynamic, enriching, yet often complicated journey into parenthood. In today’s installment, she talks about her hesitations with overscheduling our kids’ lives.
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