My 5-year-old doesn't think she can become a doctor because she's a girl. This was a major parenting wake-up call.

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The author said she was taken aback when her 5-year-old daughter stated that she couldn't be a doctor because she is a girl.

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Growing up in a house with 5 sisters, I thought I had a solid understanding of parenting — then I had a boy

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