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When taking care of yourself feels selfish

I bought myself a new dress for the first time in a year and my teenage daughter asked why I am wasting money on clothes when we cannot afford new school supplies.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent's attempt at self-care is reframed as selfishness, reinforcing the belief that their needs are always secondary.

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