“Although kids give the impression that they’d like to be in charge, deep down they know they aren’t capable of making good decisions. They want their parents to be leaders.”
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“Although kids give the impression that they’d like to be in charge, deep down they know they aren’t capable of making good decisions. They want their parents to be leaders.”
Any effort toward being 100 percent consistent with boundaries, limits, and routines will seriously improve children’s behavior.
“They do not give you a guide on how to grieve when you lose a child. While situations like this can tear a family apart, it made mine so much stronger.”
“We decided to teach Jackson to fight back. We helped him realize that he can be confident and proud of who he is.”
“It’s so beautiful he’s not afraid to show emotions like this, and I’m hoping more men can let go and do the same.”
“I want them to be in my arms when they die. Held, peaceful, and loved to the very end.”
“A well-meaning friend recently said to me, ‘I don’t know how you do everything you do all alone. Your husband is gone so much, you are like a single mom!’ My dear, sweet friend, I love you, and I know you were trying to compliment me. But, no, my life is nothing like that of a single mom.”
“THIS is the dark side of parenting they don’t tell you about in books.”
“With my husband leaving for Syria just a month later, we were not left with much of a choice.”
“I hope these photos are shared and embraced for all of us mothers who didn’t get the ‘ideal’ birth, who thought that our bodies were broken, who didn’t get to see our child take his or her first breath.”