Mom Shares White Lie That Stops Daughter from Crying at School (Exclusive)

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Lauren Baltazar’s daughter had been crying every morning before school until Lauren came up with a creative solution

She told her little girl she’d been named the class “gate leader,” a made-up role that immediately turned tears into excitement

In an interview with PEOPLE, Lauren shares how the simple idea changed their mornings

Every morning had become a heartbreak. For days, Lauren Baltazar’s daughter would burst into tears before school, clinging to her mom’s leg and begging not to go — an all-too-familiar scene for parents of young students.

But one morning, Lauren decided to change the script. In a moment of exhausted inspiration, she told her little girl a little white lie.

“When the weekend ended and Monday came, she just started crying every morning,” Lauren tell