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Don’t Tell Me How Strong I Am if You Can’t Help Me

Don’t Tell Me How Strong I Am if You Can’t Help Me

When the parenting “help” makes parenting infinitely harder.

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Crystal Jackson
Nov 22, 2020
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When the parenting “help” makes parenting infinitely harder.

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I am sick to death of being told how strong I am, as if I don’t already know. Only I know the weight I’m carrying right now, the enormity of the struggle. My strength isn’t in question. My endurance might be.

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