"The holes of your childhood cannot be the blueprint of your parenting." 🥺
2026-01-28 01:48:31
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StephanieE :
Perfect parents don’t exist 😭 but good parents understand their kids ❤️
2026-01-28 01:24:20
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Ludvana :
My girls gave me this feedback. I couldn’t understand how the love I so needed, and wanted to ensure they always had, was not what they needed. I was too stuck in my pain and protecting them from my hurt that I missed their actual needs. Every day I ask God to help me undo this harm, one word and one action at a time. 🥰
2026-01-28 01:51:06
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Fred E :
Kids have to remember that parents are learning too. I'm a parent but I've never raised kids before that so all I know is what I can recall, the good, the bad and the ugly of it. We try, we might not notice what you need but we try and I bet if you knew as a kid how to let your parents know what you need I'm sure they would try to accommodate. 👍 We're all trying.
2026-01-28 13:03:10
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sleepybombsquad :
“I’m still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them.” - Noah Kahan
2026-01-28 15:05:34
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lulu :
Ooof. This makes me want to take a long hard look at the way I'm parenting. I hope I'm doing right by my kids.
2026-01-28 01:47:15
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GlimmerShimmer :
yes I've heard another man explain that trauma-based parenting can come in two forms: abusing the child the same way you were abused, or trying to give them everything you would have wanted as a child. In both cases, the parenting is about the parent and doesn't look at the needs of the actual child.
2026-01-28 14:07:53
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kisforkinga :
I love you, I really do, you are so incredibly talented. But trust me, it’s easier said than done. As parents, sometimes we try and try to understand everything but after all, we are all kinda just improvising. We put in the work, we learn to un-learn a bunch of things but sometimes we simply lose the plot
2026-01-28 07:11:21
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RavensBlossom🏳️⚧️ :
Dude, it’s 7am, I wasn’t supposed to have a parental existential crisis before my coffee kicked in 😱 jokes aside though, I needed this message to help me refocus a bit. Thank you ❤️
2026-01-28 13:07:34
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user6917272983704 :
How are you so wise? Genuinely touching words my friend 🫶🏼
2026-01-28 01:15:40
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kd23_0694 :
I’ve never been able to put this feeling into words, thank you
2026-01-30 11:50:31
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Louise A :
Can I send this to my mom? Nevermind, she won’t get it.
2026-01-29 01:36:14
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kairenvirus :
I once heard something similar by a psychologist saying "do you really want to be a parent? or do you want to live a childhood you never had?" and it hit me hard.
2026-01-28 04:03:20
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Girlhood to Motherhood Book :
😭 Parenting is so hard
2026-01-28 07:06:08
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Ddpete11 :
Wow! Being a parent and doing it to the best of our ability is soo hard but I also feel this deep down in my soul! You are brilliant Joshua!!
2026-01-28 03:34:16
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Realigned Energy Flow :
Parents cannot heal their childhood trauma through their kids. Parents must do it themselves.
2026-01-28 03:32:28
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Boris le Chat 🇨🇦 :
idk why, but feels like an Eminem song
2026-02-10 17:20:44
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Caitlin Clark :
Broooo you’re always here when I need you
2026-01-28 01:38:58
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🇳🇿06e63nz🇳🇿 :
ouch💔
2026-01-28 01:12:22
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L533 :
"the holes of your childhood, cannot be your parenting" 😢
2026-01-28 02:17:06
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🍁 Matty 🇨🇦 :
That’s the circle of life. And when you’ll have kids you will try to feel the gaps of where your parents failed while creating new ones. All you can do as a parent is try your best, really love your kid, consider both their present and future, and understand they are their own beings with needs that can be different than yours. Even by doing so you’ll messed up in some ways, but you will have tried your best
2026-01-28 11:36:43
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Derek Picking :
Nobody has to fix their parents
2026-01-28 02:09:42
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Missy 🇦🇺🇳🇿 :
I’m a New mum to 2 boys and I’m so scared I’m doing everything wrong already bc of my childhood trauma this opened something inside of me that I don’t have the courage to face yet
2026-01-28 12:53:09
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queen Queen quen :
I’m too Polynesian for this lol
2026-01-28 12:28:01
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Caleb Hohneke :
Found your page a few months ago, my daughter just turned 1 today and you wouldn't believe how hard this hit me today. Appreciate everything you've given us and hope you're doing well man
2026-01-28 01:40:13
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