Every day since the election I have woken up at 6 am to take care of the farm. Then wake up my 5 year old son. Who is rightfully upset about waking up at 7:20am. He cries and wails all the way to school. He tells me I’m a bad mama and that he don’t like me. It is emotionally taxing in a way you cannot imagine to do that every day. And hold it together because you’re the parent and you have to. Holding it together every day while a child is unkind because their a child. Is the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life. And I’ve done some monumentally difficult things.
You could ask the kid why they're so unhappy with school. It can be something quite simple that is spiralling out of control for no reason. I hated school when I was very young. Why? My handwriting was horrendous. Teachers used to treat me like a nuisance child for having bad handwriting. It was that simple. My parents probably could have figured that one out if they'd asked me. Get through the noise. Find the signal.
@ my son was bullied the day after the election for having brown skin. He cried and cried and said he wished he had white skin. We don’t have the privilege of switching schools. He already struggles with school because of the early start time. It is a shit situation and there is very little I can do. Except keep it together. Assure him I love him. And encourage him to love himself and remember that the opinions of cruel people are always going to be ugly because a cruel persons life is ugliness. I’m doing the best I can with the shit sandwich I’ve been given.
Mama, you’re doing amazing. And in 2 years he’s gonna be a little calmer and more in control of his emotions. Things will feel better. Hang in there - sending you love ❤
Literally almost every single one of my friends has said the same thing to me. I don’t have kids and my friends have said multiple times that if they were to go back and do it again, they wouldn’t have kids.
Every day since the election I have woken up at 6 am to take care of the farm. Then wake up my 5 year old son. Who is rightfully upset about waking up at 7:20am. He cries and wails all the way to school. He tells me I’m a bad mama and that he don’t like me. It is emotionally taxing in a way you cannot imagine to do that every day. And hold it together because you’re the parent and you have to. Holding it together every day while a child is unkind because their a child. Is the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life. And I’ve done some monumentally difficult things.
🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
You could ask the kid why they're so unhappy with school. It can be something quite simple that is spiralling out of control for no reason. I hated school when I was very young. Why? My handwriting was horrendous. Teachers used to treat me like a nuisance child for having bad handwriting. It was that simple. My parents probably could have figured that one out if they'd asked me. Get through the noise. Find the signal.
@ my son was bullied the day after the election for having brown skin. He cried and cried and said he wished he had white skin.
We don’t have the privilege of switching schools. He already struggles with school because of the early start time. It is a shit situation and there is very little I can do. Except keep it together. Assure him I love him. And encourage him to love himself and remember that the opinions of cruel people are always going to be ugly because a cruel persons life is ugliness.
I’m doing the best I can with the shit sandwich I’ve been given.
Mama, you’re doing amazing. And in 2 years he’s gonna be a little calmer and more in control of his emotions. Things will feel better. Hang in there - sending you love ❤
Literally almost every single one of my friends has said the same thing to me. I don’t have kids and my friends have said multiple times that if they were to go back and do it again, they wouldn’t have kids.