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Why control is overrated... and what kids really need instead

I almost threw down with my 3-year-old at the grocery store.... but thank god I didn't

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Jon Fogel
Jun 12, 2025
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My 3-year-old stared me down in the grocery store, refusing to hand over the blue box of Salerno butter cookies he’d just swiped from the bottom shelf.

“Put them back,” I said quietly.

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He didn’t even flinch.

We s…

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