This afternoon I was reading about cricketer Smriti Mandhana being honoured by Barbie as part of a global ‘Dream Team’ initiative around International Women’s Day, celebrating women who are role models in their fields. Almost instinctively, I turned to my daughter and said, “Wow, how wonderful! She is sharing space with such incredible women. We all must be so proud of it”. My daughter looked up immediately and said, very matter-of-factly, “No, Mumma. She is phenomenal. The others should be proud to share space with her”.

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