Raising a boy, a white boy, now, in this country, feels heavy. The stakes are too high. What you wrote about teens having difficulty thinking clearly when they are mad is so right on.
It feels very precarious to me. I feel something akin to shame knowing that my boy is going to reach the some of highest levels of privilege possible, and yet worry that he could struggle so much as a teen that he finds strategies that hurt others.
It's not shame. It's sadness, wanting all opportunities to be equal for and reachable for all.
This is the question: How can we support parents - support one another - towards creating home environments where so much pain and angst has a place to be received, with a welcoming, open heart? Where children can take their darkest thoughts and be held with love and light?
Raising a boy, a white boy, now, in this country, feels heavy. The stakes are too high. What you wrote about teens having difficulty thinking clearly when they are mad is so right on.
It feels very precarious to me. I feel something akin to shame knowing that my boy is going to reach the some of highest levels of privilege possible, and yet worry that he could struggle so much as a teen that he finds strategies that hurt others.
It's not shame. It's sadness, wanting all opportunities to be equal for and reachable for all.
Thank you for your comment.
Yes, that's why we do this work, right? So our kids have that awareness?
Yes. And still...
Wow, this is SO rich. Thank you so much, Sarah.
You're welcome. I'm so glad you found it meaningful.
This is the question: How can we support parents - support one another - towards creating home environments where so much pain and angst has a place to be received, with a welcoming, open heart? Where children can take their darkest thoughts and be held with love and light?
These are the questions that spoke most to me also.