Sometimes Obstacles Can Lead Us to a Better Outcome

How Our Changing Times Thwarted My Daughter’s Plans

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My daughter has spent the last eight weeks doing errands around the house to save up for a desk. She wants to feel grown-up, because at age 11, this comes in the form of a private study area. She’s been fantasising about her desk — and kid stationery of all things. So when restrictions here…