Poisoned Purple Pen

Seriously

As a parent, you learn that you can only control so much of what your children do. They are individuals, after all, capable of making their own choices, right or wrong. I work hard to let my boys grow up with solid values and boundaries, doing my best to remind them that they don’t have to agree with me, or my views on the world.

What makes me sad is those parents that expect their children not to feel, or worse yet think they can control it. Can we really tell our children that they aren’t hurting, sad, happy or in love? Are they our feelings or theirs?