I'm speechless. I had to take a moment to step away at little Bess being tormented at school - my mama bear ferocity wanted to grab that little girl and also wanted to yell at the adults around her that SHOULD NOT have allowed that to happen once let alone daily. (Deep breaths).
What I want you to hear, is that we see your heart and you are all heart. Love you.
I have a lot to say about the messaging our generation got, which was of course informed by the messaging our parents’ generation got. We had to learn to take care of ourselves and we also learned to take care of each other. And despite all the hard things about growing up in Fort Yukon, I loved it, still love it, and so do a lot of the people who are from there. All I wanted to do after we moved to Fairbanks was go back home.
Home is home. Kids learn to survive and even thrive through even crazy environments. But yes, feelings about how to support kids was pretty messed up in our parents’ generation. A lot of ‘the kids will figure it out-ness.”
I'm speechless. I had to take a moment to step away at little Bess being tormented at school - my mama bear ferocity wanted to grab that little girl and also wanted to yell at the adults around her that SHOULD NOT have allowed that to happen once let alone daily. (Deep breaths).
What I want you to hear, is that we see your heart and you are all heart. Love you.
I have a lot to say about the messaging our generation got, which was of course informed by the messaging our parents’ generation got. We had to learn to take care of ourselves and we also learned to take care of each other. And despite all the hard things about growing up in Fort Yukon, I loved it, still love it, and so do a lot of the people who are from there. All I wanted to do after we moved to Fairbanks was go back home.
Home is home. Kids learn to survive and even thrive through even crazy environments. But yes, feelings about how to support kids was pretty messed up in our parents’ generation. A lot of ‘the kids will figure it out-ness.”