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I Needed to Be Rooted and Connected — But I Got Grounded Instead

I Needed to Be Rooted and Connected — But I Got Grounded Instead

A new way of looking at this classic childhood punishment

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Crystal Jackson
Mar 14, 2023
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A new way of looking at this classic childhood punishment

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You’re grounded. It would be impossible to count the number of times that was said to me growing up. I associated grounding with punishment — not always deserved. The word itself called to mind restraint and exclusion.

But I’m an adult now and have been for …

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