Click here to read an excellent essay on real parenting — specifically, the difficulty that exists sometimes even in the most “mindful” of women, when faced with certain circumstances that tempt them to make choices that go against their desires. For instance, we all know we should eat healthfully and that fast food just ain’t it… yet there are those times when we still pull up to the drive-through window because of everything else that’s going on in our lives.

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