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# Winning the Bronze in the Monkey Bars

August 17, 2012 1 min read 

Watching the Olympics gymnastics finals with our adult kids last week brought back a wonderful memory of our daughter’s not-quite-Olympic-sized conquest of her own. My guest post in Parents Magazine today tells the now legendary (at least in our household) story of the dreaded monkey bars:

http://www.parents.com/blogs/goodyblog/2012/08/teaching-kids-perseverance-on-the-monkey-bars/

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