It’s 11 PM, and I’m finally catching my breath. The kids are asleep at last. Goldfish crackers are ground into the couch cushions. And I just realized I gave in to my 4-year-old’s meltdown over wearing pants today.
Yes, pants. The most basic article of clothing. The thing about us millennial parents is that we’re determined to raise kids differently than our parents did. We devour parenting books. We follow all the expert accounts. We’re set on breaking old generational patterns.
But sometimes? We swing so far the other direction that we end up creating new struggles.
I’ve experienced it. You’ve experienced it. That moment when your sweet child rolls their eyes at you and you wonder, “When did they become so disrespectful?”
The uncomfortable truth? The answer may be more about us than about them.TO READ MORE, TAP HERE
