Go to her, Katie, I thought again. This time I did.
‘Sorry to bother you, but I just wanted to say you’re doing a great job.’
She looked up at me, blinked twice, and then visibly melted. Tears started streaming. ‘I think I feel as bad as she does.’
I nodded. ‘I know it doesn’t feel like it now, but you are rocking this.’
More tears. ‘You have no idea how much I needed to hear that.’
I did though. Every parent does. So let’s start saying it. Let’s take the risk. That mom could have looked at me funny. She could have told me to mind my own business. But I took the chance and we are both better for it.
Empathy instead of judgment. Support instead of silence. Community instead of isolation. This is the parenting revolution.”
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