The Importance of Walking Away
Too often people expect their kids to change their behaviour as they see themselves as right. Yet we then tell kids to walk away when they are older. How can kids reconcile this when they've never seen it modeled?
Too often people expect their kids to change their behaviour as they see themselves as right. Yet we then tell kids to walk away when they are older. How can kids reconcile this when they've never seen it modeled?
And this is where the biggest victory of our breastfeeding journey lies. I am literally carrying his immune system for him. As his doctors point out, breastmilk is the best broad range antiviral medication there is. My body makes antibodies his cannot make right now, and every time he breastfeeds, he receives a fresh load of them. Maybe I've saved him a hospital stay with these antibodies. Maybe, I'll never know, maybe there's a chance I've even saved his life.
Independence. In many Westernized societies it is the end goal of our parenting efforts. We want our children to be independent. But what does that mean?