Four years ago, my life changed. I didn’t realize it at the time, of course. I was used to chaos and trauma – so much so that I became numb to it. That had been my life growing up, and it was my life in high school and college. My life was predictably unpredictable. I…
Breaking the Cycle
“Most parents think that if our child would just “behave,” we could maintain our composure as parents. The truth is that managing our own emotions and actions is what allows us to feel peaceful as parents. Ultimately we can’t control our children or the hand life deals them—but we can always control our own actions.…