'Teaching my 7-year-old to take the hit and move on' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/teaching-7-year-old-take-hit-move/

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'Teaching my 7-year-old to take the hit and move on'

Recently, I entered my daughter in her first under-7 chess tournament.

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