This week's post is slightly different than my usual posts, because I want to share a powerful article with you from someone else. I believe her message is so vital to parenting in today's society, so I want to share it with as many people as possible. If you have not read the article 10 Dark Parenting Truths Every Person Should Know by Kristen Oganowski - please head over to her site to check it out!
I love her authenticity and honesty in this post! Many of the truths described in her post - 98% of parents have experienced before. Yet a lot of people would shame a parent who openly expressed these thoughts. This has to change. We have to come to a place where we allow people to feel how they want to feel. We then validate those feelings. Taking these steps first is what will allow us to help parents/each other move past those dark feelings.
Read moreWe often shutter at the thought of what our future will be like with "today's kids" running around. You know like I know the term "today's kids" has a negative connotation to it right? "Today's kids" are all wrapped up in their phones! "Today's kids" have no manners! "Today's kids" are way too aggressive and on and on and on about "today's kids"...
Read more|a fatherless daughter| could be a daughter whose father walked out on the family; could have been given up for adoption + lives in foster care; could also be defined as a daughter who fails to establish a connection with a father-figure in their life. So what does the life of a fatherless daughter typically look like?
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If this is your first time visiting the blog I would like to welcome you! If you're one of my regular subbies - welcome back! You might have noticed I took a week off of blogging after the Relationship Series! Whew! That was a lot of tough work you guys put in + I'm glad you made it through. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, you can click this link to start the 20 Days to Better Relationships series! I will not take the series down, so you can come back to this website at any time + refer to it.
Keeping in line with exploring our relationships + growing stronger, healthier, happier lives comes being honest. If we want to grow, both personally + in our relationships, the first person we have to be honest with is ourselves.
We have to confront the things that hold us back in order to move forward.
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