Okay, guys, this is an emergency drop about Squishies, and I want to tell you why I want to talk to you all about this.

It comes from a place of confession.

The other night, they almost did something totally nuts.

It was about 11 p.m. and I am on what I know is a fake website that claims to have squishies.

They even claim to have needos.

And I have been late to the game, okay?

I am not always one with the trends.

And I was like, okay, I'm going to get my kid one of these.

But I knew I was a moment away from sharing my credit card details with what was definitely

a scam website, and still

I was debating it. Finally, I took a breath, and I kind of said, what has happened to my life,

and even more, what is going on? This has been the topic in so many of my mom group tech. This has

been the topic so many of you have been DMing me about.

And I just want to talk about it with you. And honestly, as you can tell, not from the place of

I figured it all out. I mean, I seriously almost risked my family's financial security.

On the off chance, I might get some scented piece of foam for my child. And this is coming from me,

and I actually think it's a good thing for kids to want things and not have them, but I found

myself so sucked in. So let's get to it. First of all, I don't think your kid is spoiled.

And I know you might be thinking, hold on, I didn't ask you that. And also, you don't know my kid, but I think this is coming up for a lot of us. Maybe you think, my kid has stuffed animals. Why do they need squishies? My kid has a squishy. Why do they need a specific brand? My kid has nine. Why do they need number 10 and 11? Wherever we are. We probably have a kid that is asking us for these items or talking about

them, and then we start to tell ourselves a story, right? My kid is so spoiled. My kid is so

ungrateful. I think there's something else going on here. And I'm not trying to say the kind of

pattern isn't problematic, but as soon as we say, I think my kid is spoiled,

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