Thursday Thoughts: Can we talk about trauma and parenting?

You will cause your kids trauma. It's what you do about it that matters.

Welcome to another edition of Thursday Thoughts! If you’re new here, I do these about every other week. This is one of the ways in which I interact with you on a regular basis, and it gives you more access to my unfiltered thoughts.

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In this edition, I talk about something that has been on my mind and heart a lot lately as I prepare to go out on tour for my book. That thing is “trauma.” Maybe you think you know exactly what I’m going to say, or that you familiar enough with trauma and don’t need this. Perhaps. But I take this in a little different of a direction and unpack it more than what I think you’re probably used to. And one of the main points is this:

If you’re a parent, you surely have contributed to some sort of trauma for…