“I’m happy for you that you're free from your obsessive thoughts— and even happier that you have no knowledge about real addiction”
I’m writing about the question from the woman who was concerned that her daughters-in-law shared age-inappropriate stories about pregnancy, etc., in front of her young daughter. I really appreciated that all three responders said that it’s better for kids to get their info in a safe way from family members.
Do they really think the alternative is better? What exactly are they afraid of? When these topics are so censored, kids end up feeling like there’s something inherently bad about them. Maybe it’s just because I was raised to be more open, but I genuinely can’t understand parents who try to make everything a secret. This is real life and your kids are a part of it.
Confused
I was at a loss for words after I read the letter titled “Learning from Divorce,” in which (I assume) a well-intentioned reader commented on an article about how to communicate with an ex, saying that she suggests learning from people’s divorces too.
Being divorced is a traumatic, overwhelming, exhausting, painful experience. To have someone who has never been divorced comment on how she benefits from others’ divorces is a slap in the face to every divorced man and woman reading her submission.
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