Tag: Parenting

"Some see it as a dark day full of evil influence while others deem it a harmless time for fun costumes and candy."

"Am I raising boys who will become men, that girls and women will fear?"

"What you don’t see in this photo is the pain. The pain of holding a child as she takes her final breath. The pain of planning a funeral, instead of decorating a nursery. The pain that lingers, years after that final goodbye."

"We often get the impression from the world around us that the goal of parenting is to produce a compliant, well-behaved child. While these are certainly desirable qualities for most parents, they are NOT core qualities that contribute to a happy and healthy human."

“I sit here and silently cry as I rock my sweet baby. How am I supposed to raise him and his two sisters up to leave our home and go into such a scary world?"

A few days ago a man asked, “So are you just a mom, or do you work?”

When I was eight months pregnant, I asked my brother-in-law what his number one piece of parenting advice would be. He responded with four impactful words...

"Every SINGLE time. Even when they scream because the straps are tight. Even when they complain about the chest clip or being rear facing.”