A Mom Explains Why Parents Need To Unpack Their Childhoods
Briefly

"Truly, the hardest thing about parenting is that you look at your own childhood through the lens of a parent now as opposed to how you've always looked at it which was through the lens of a child."
"Now that you have your own little person that you're in charge of, you look back at certain things that happened or the relationship you had or didn't have with your family and you look at it with so much regret..."
"While there's nothing any of us can do to change our childhoods, addressing those unpleasant or traumatic realities is crucial to become a better parent."
"Because trauma has a way of rearing its ugly head when you least expect it."
Read at Scary Mommy
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