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Kay Wills Wyma

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Kay Wills Wyma has five kids, ages four to fourteen, and one SUV with a lot of carpool miles. Before she transitioned to stay-at-home mom, she earned an MBA, worked at the White House, and dabbled in international finance. Happily married to Jon, this self-described recovering enabler is committed to equipping the next generation to achieve great things in the future by piling on the responsibility today.

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	Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement by Kay Wills Wyma (Goodreads Author), Michael Gurian (Foreword) 3.72 avg rating — 2,961 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm Happy for You (Sort Of...Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison 3.55 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not the Boss of Us: Putting Overwhelmed in Its Place in a Do-All, Be-All World 4.02 avg rating — 124 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peace Project: A 30-Day Experiment Practicing Thankfulness, Kindness, and Mercy by Kay Wills Wyma (Goodreads Author), Ron Hall (Foreword) 3.87 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm Happy for You (Sort Of...Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[I'm Happy for You (Sort Of...Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison] [By: Wyma, Kay Wills] [May, 2015] by Kay Wills Wyma (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(I'm Happy For You (Sort Of...Not Really)) [By: Kay Willis Wyma] [Jun, 2015] by Kay Wills Wyma (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selbst ist das Kind: Kinder zu Eigenverantwortung und Selbstständigkeit erziehen. Unser Familienexperiment. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Theo of Golden

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Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile

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Kay Wyma wants to read Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Instead of communicating "I love you, so let me make life easy for you," I decided that my message needed to be something more along these lines: "I love you. I believe in you. I know what you're capable of. So I'm going to make you work.”
― Kay Wills Wyma, Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement

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“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
― Kay Wills Wyma, Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement

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“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. —ABIGAIL VAN BUREN”
― Kay Wills Wyma, Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement

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