Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes
through continuous struggle.”
~Martin Luther King Jr.
I spend a great deal of time talking with people about parenting. I often
hear a version of; “that’s great but I don’t have any kid’s.” I’m passionate
about changing our limited views about parenting and get that kind of feedback
a lot. It’s been an uphill challenge to change the ideas that currently shape
our understanding of the vast complexity of being a parent. Parenting plays a pivotal
role in forming the nature of who we are and determines the world we live in. We
need to move away from most of our shame based, advice driven approaches to parenting
and focus on how we can empower each parents own unique qualities. We are all
affected, to large degree, by our views about parenting; whether we are parents
or not. It’s time we embrace the social psychology of the parent system.
