This Is Us
My Daughter Is Not My Pride and Joy
How I’m working to parent beyond ego and expectation
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4 min readMar 4, 2021
“Did you know my Shanna is making straight A’s again this year? And that she made captain of the cross-country team and the speech team? She’s my pride and joy.”
Growing up, my mother never missed an opportunity to brag about my accomplishments to…
