Is your fears holding your child back from becoming the person they are supposed to be. Did your parents instill their fears on you? How did that work out for you? and Them? As parents we have experienced a lot in this world. We feel as though we are so much wiser than our children and as a result we shadow them with our fears of the world. You shouldn't do this or that because of what happened to us. We have good intentions. We want them to be safe and don't want them to make the same mistakes we made in life. But when we parent from a place of fear we confuse our children. Because they can't understand our fear because they don't have a reference point for it. We on the other hand have reference points for all of our fears because we have experienced so much. We try to teach them based on our lives but they don't get it. It sounds like a foreign language to them. That is why most of the time whatever we tell them they should and shouldn't be doing they do the opposite. Funny how that works. They are finding their own way in the world and want to experiment with different things. Then they can make that choice on whether they should be afraid of something that we as parents are fearful of. So how can we parent from a place of wisdom, guidance and mentoring? By allowing them to have the freedom of choice. Allow them to make the mistakes that we made. Honestly, they are going to do whatever they want anyway. So why not support them in their decisions. I know there are some grey areas, especially when it comes to safety. But for the most part let them be and if they encounter a challenge be their to support them. Don't try to control them and the world that they are experiencing. Let them be fearless when they are young and full of energy. Don't make them an old person and strip away their youth. There will be plenty of that available when they become adults and possibly even parents. So give them the gift that we had. Freedom to be FEARLESS. #momofboysandgirls #nonstopmama #parentingteens #parentwithoutfear #mommystruggles #fear #momstress #mommyneedsadrink #momproblems #momsneedlovetoo (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nB6uVl2YO/?igshid=wur2iz5zibe0
