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Advice from my 9-year-old teacher: ‘Don’t voice everything that’s going wrong. It only makes it worse’

Advice from my 9-year-old teacher: ‘Don’t voice everything that’s going wrong. It only makes it worse’

Dutch performer and single mother Lottie Hellingman shares life advice from her nine-year-old daughter, who suggested that dwelling on negative situations can make them worse. Hellingman, originally from Middenbeemster, currently lives and works in Amsterdam.

Based on reporting by haarlemsdagblad. Translated and condensed by LocalHeadlines.

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