We don’t parent in a vacuum. We carry our own childhoods into our parenting. Sometimes we overcompensate. Sometimes we repeat. But we don’t

Guidance can be helpful. It can offer you a new lens. But it’s not gospel. It’s not law. Advice—whether it comes from a credentialed expert

This was also the phase where I found myself having conversations I had prayed I wouldn’t have to have yet. Conversations about friendships