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arenting is quite easy when you haven’t done it yet. Before I had children, I had many theories, now tried and tested and proven wrong, many naiveties that have been corrected by experience. Naivety can make us bold, without us even realising it, and I’m glad for at least one of my boldly naive parenting decisions. My husband Scotty and I

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