by treewiggins | Jul 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
I believe that one of the best things we can do for our kids is to acknowledge what is hard for them. In our society, children are flooded with well-meaning attempts at boosting self-esteem. This was not always the case. Starting in the 1960s, a Self-Esteem Movement...
by treewiggins | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
The soil that the seedling must struggle through is also greatly responsible for its blossom. Before my parenting journey began, I often imagined that I would raise my future children to be issue free. Please reread that sentence and soak in its absurdity. I thought I...
by treewiggins | Jul 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Rumi, a poet born in 1207, refers to what he calls the Open Secret in a lot of his writing. My understanding of this Open Secret is that we are all walking around feeling vulnerable, with a fear of how we are inadequate, and we work really, really hard to keep that a...
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