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10 Ways to Teach Your Child They Don’t Matter

Day 2 of The Seal: A 30-Day Micro-Memoir Series

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Fanen Chiahemen
Aug 02, 2025
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  1. Do not make eye contact, unless you are feeling contempt, rage or anger, then make your eyes like missiles.

  2. Ignore them unless you need something from them.

  3. When they displease you, spit out your words like you’re spitting out straw bales on fire.

  4. Blame them when you break a glass. And for anything else that goes wrong.

  5. Tell them that you wasted your youthf…

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