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Islands of Competence by Yumi Stynes

I’m bang up for being a bad parent. And by ‘bad’, I guess I mean the kind of parent who puts her own needs first once in a while.

Like, “Nah, mate, I won’t do a jigsaw with you.”

Or, “I need a nap more than you need me to sit with you to watch TV.”

And sometimes, “I’m going away for the weekend by myself.”

Some people justify

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