Parenting

Sometimes parenting isn't hard because we don't know what to do. It's hard because we're trying to respond to our child's needs while carrying our own stress, history, expectations and emotions too. There’s a hidden taboo in parenting: that sometimes it feels really hard. It can feel too shameful to think, let alone say out loud. But two things can be true at the same time. You can love your child deeply, want to parent well, and put enormous effort into understanding childre