Searching For Self Boundaries
Remembering that we learn from others and especially our parents how important we are. Without this early context we are doomed to search for it.
Be Willing To Let Life Teach Them
As parents, we have a lot of damage control to manage. We expect that our children will be teased so we try to give them un-teasable names. We imagine they’ll be injured by the coffee table so we choose to have a round coffee table. We see the food struggle coming and so we make…
My Church and His State
I try not to obsess over my son’s behavior, bad or good. I spent a lot of time scrutinizing his every twitch and fart as a baby. And then one day he asked me to not call him “Baby” any more. I complied. And my husband assured me that soon enough, my little boy would…
