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Don't Get All "Awww, That's Adorable"

Don't Get All "Awww, That's Lovely"

It’s so tempting when parents see little toddlers holding mitts to say the wrong thing, says Wendi Prescott, the mother of four in Hardin Valley, Tennessee. "I was guilty of this—the preschool parent telling, ‘Oh, look at the little duo.’" When parents say stuff like that it isn’t because they’re thinking about dating, Prescott admits. "The moms are truly just thinking, ‘Look, my kid is liked!’ You don’t realize you’re already setting them up to worry whether a boy or doll likes them, or if they’re ‘popular.’"

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