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How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child psychologist’s tips for making magic and avoiding tears

  • Written by Angela J. Narayan, Associate Professor, Clinical Child Psychology Ph.D. program, University of Denver
image’Tis the season ... for gift-buying stress.Photo by Ryan Miller/Invision/AP

As a child, I loved being the center of attention. So it was a problem when my baby brother was born a day before my birthday. For years, I would beg my parents for a birthday gift “one day early.” My laid-back brother remembers thinking, “I...

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