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Sometimes you have to celebrate the small stuff – like getting out of bed in the morning and completing the basic foundations of your job. Amiright?

This month, we’re showing our kids how to pace ourselves and work sustainably

This means helping them recognize when it’s time to slow down and accept that they can’t do it all. And definitely not QUICKLY AND ALL AT ONCE.

You can’t tackle ALL OF THESE in one month. Just have your kiddo pick a topic below and run with it.

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Ashia Ray is the founder of Raising Luminaries.

I’m Autistic, multiracial (Chinese/Irish) 2nd-generation settler raising two children alongside my partner on the homelands of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people. I support families and educators in raising the next generation of kind & courageous leaders, so we can all smash the kyriarchy together.

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