Well, it's been another week of the internet going crazy. But so many friends and followers sent me two of the same posts
this week and I felt called to share my thoughts on them because to me they are incredibly related:
1. Hannah of Ballerina Farms is competing in the Mrs. World Pageant and the internet has decided she is dangerous and setting a bad example (oooooookay…)
2. The teacher calling for parents to take phones away from
kids and stop letting phones raise their children because 4th graders are bullying, body shaming, and twerking on the playground.
What Do I Think the REAL Issues Are?
We have some thinking to do as parents.
We can do better as moms (& no, that's not shaming)
The need for more self-awareness
Parenting our own children
The real danger: peer-oriented culture
Mom shaming
Toxic postpartum messaging
Bullying (by grown-ups and kids)
Who are the bullies?
Cattiness & Meanness
The over-sexualization of everything
Ease and convenience over depth and meaning
Healthy boundaries with internet use
Parents need to ask themselves
Allowing sensationalism to trump the real lessons
As moms, we need to strive to do better by our kids
The call to strive
“Am I smiling and laughing at strangers entertaining me on
my phone more than I’m looking at my kids and smiling and laughing because they are bringing me joy in my every day?” -Lori Beth Auldridge
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