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Arizona parents face many challenges; help is one call/text away

Maria Lopez

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OPINION — If you are a parent to a young child, you already know that no two parenting journeys look alike and no two days are ever the same. Since your baby was born, you have probably had many challenging days.

Maybe your baby won’t sleep no matter what you try, perhaps your toddler suddenly refuses to eat anything except crackers or your preschooler is having meltdowns that leave you wondering what happened to your easygoing child.

You might ask yourself, “Is this normal?”

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