Is This Fixing Anything?
The Daily Dad
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4.6 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
This is what kids do. They cut corners. They value the wrong things. They don't put the effort in. As parents, this bothers us.
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