Parenting

breaking down stereotypes design
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I set my son free today. I wasn’t prepared for what happened before I set him free, but there I was with it up close and personal. My 7 YO son had developed stereotypes despite my good intentions of shielding him from them. What I apparently failed to realize was I was shielding him from…

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Normalizing Death

The boys were going through their normal routine of feeding the fish before bedtime. Both fish were swimming as usual, the boys were talking to me and talking to one another when my oldest son, Jacob, noticed “Blue” (our female fish) was no longer swimming. Hudson, my 6 YO, noticed she was on her side…