Vulnerability with our children

Showing vulnerability as parents to our children is important for their personal growth!

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  • Carrie Nelson

    It is interesting because as a young mother I felt I was failing miserably. I thought everyone could see my failures. I felt so overwhelmed and so much responsibility with each child I brought into this world. I dreamed of being the perfect mom but the more children I had the harder it was. Then the teenager years hit and my oldest did everything the opposite I had taught her by example. She was openly defiant and I felt everything I sacrificed to be that perfect mom was a testimony to everyone what a failure of a mother I really was. I didn’t even think I needed to tell everyone my failure was out there for everyone to see especially to my own children. I was a guilt sponge and Finally everything came crashing down on me. I think as a mom we just are trying to survive and don’t realize the walls and pretending that everything is ok. We feel we need to protect our children from the harsh reality all around them. But maybe se need to do a better job of preparing them on how to handle that harsh reality and that we make mistakes and it is ok for them to make mistakes and to learn from them and keep going.