cherishedproperty: flowisaconstruct: deep-fried-soccer-slide: Literally. Don’t sign up for the
cherishedproperty: flowisaconstruct: deep-fried-soccer-slide: Literally. Don’t sign up for the job if you aren’t willing to give it your all. I’m glad our society is moving away from compulsory parenthood. I agree about moving away from compulsory parenthood. But the fact is that parents have almost never in society had to do it all themselves (this is why we had extended family or tribal living). And even when we did, we weren’t doing it while having to teach them and hold down full-time jobs in an economy where everyone is being laid off. And we weren’t doing it while our kids were suffering the mental health effects of isolation and not getting to see or interact with other children. Parenting right now is ten times harder than anyone expected it to be. Yes, I signed up for it. And even now, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. But just saying “this is what parenting is” makes it seem like all of this is normal. And it’s not. And we should have real conversations about what needs to be done to help parents and children through this, rather than stopping the conversation by saying this is what parenting is. We should not be acting like you don’t love kids if you are having a hard time right now. -- source link
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