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Your Turn: What Do You Wish You'd Known Before Becoming A Parent?

Mom and dad bloggers share their insights. We'd love for you to answer, too!
Christine Koh and her daughters.

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you before you became a parent?

It's a question we're asking our audience as part of How To Raise A Human, a new series from NPR's Science desk. Over the next month, we'll be looking at some of the tough issues that every parent faces — from baby sleep to getting kids to do chores — and visiting families around the world to see what they do.

To kick off our series, we invited five mom and dad bloggers — including a dad of six (!) and a mom who travels the world with her 7-year-old daughter — to share music."

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