Tag: Parenting

“I was terrified they were dead or would be raped, trafficked or killed. But these kids just think it’s funny."

"As she sat on a bench next to a statue of an African American girl I asked her if she had any questions. I assumed she would, but I really didn’t expect what she said next."

"For two minutes and nineteen seconds, my stepdaughter told me exactly what she thought about me..."

"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?"