"There will always be the older white woman in Walmart who stared at us with sheer disgust, or the African-American mother who looked at us and just shook her head.”
“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."
It’s the most amazing parenting hack ever and has stopped many meltdowns! It’s magical. No tears. No tantrums. If you aren’t using this hack, listen up friends.
"I pray every day that you won’t have to fight this war to know life as we now know it. That you won’t ever succumb to the demons inside, as they try to convince you that life is not worth living. I pray that you will never experience the depth of pain that daddy and I did."
The most important takeaway is that parents think carefully and assess risks realistically before allowing their children to participate in sleepovers.