How do you handle it when the kids just want to gather around you and chit chat? I feel so pressured by all the things that need to get done that I have to ask them to tell me later. Ideas please!

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Start the day with a circle on the rug. Use a stuffed animal as a “talking stick”. Everyone is allowed to share their good news. It takes 5 minutes and they feel validated.

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