Tag: singleparenting
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How I Am Navigating My Incoming Mid-Life Crisis
I will admit that the title of this blog post is somewhat misleading, mainly in the fact that I am in fact NOT navigating this very well at all and merely seek to sort out my thoughts and give myself ways of not feeling too overwhelmed with the task. That being said, I have been…
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Is Protecting Your Child From Trauma A Good Idea?
The other day, I was rewatching an episode of Red Table Talk and Jada mentioned that because of the way they raised their children, in particular their daughter, she was so used to being around healthy, safe men- that growing up, she wasn’t able to discern problematic male behaviours. This got me thinking about our…
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Emotional Parenting
I don’t know how you grew up, but for a part of my childhood- it was very much a whatever your parents say goes. Growing up in a Caribbean household, meant you didn’t push back, you don’t challenge and most of all you never saw your parents in a position where they were “equals”, let…