
'Think about the donuts of your day.' A 5-year-old's life affirmations go viral
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When Gwenyth Todebush began using morning affirmations to help encourage her 5-year-old son, Clark, to get out the door to kindergarten, she had no idea how closely he was listening.
The transition to in-person school in Michigan was hard on him, Todebush tells CNN, since the pandemic had kept him home for so many months.
"I would start with trying to have him look forward and say what are things that he is looking forward to so he could think about the future in a positive way rather than dread. Or I'd say after school we can watch TV and have potato chips. And sometimes that's all you need is just TV and potato chips," Todebush explains.

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