I was 5 and mad at my mom. I forget why. But I do remember I was packing my bags and hitting the road. In a rock-star parenting move, my unshakable mother began packing sandwiches for me to take on my runaway trip.
“Whhattt?” you may scream. “How could she?? That’s so … mean … insensitive … emotionally unsafe!”
Emotionally safe. What does that even mean, anyway?
For some, it means parenting so that their kids never think badly of them and try to run away. (Spoiler alert: That’s impossible.)
For others, it means they try to never be angry – even when their kid draws dinosaurs on the white couch with permanent markers. (Honestly, if you have children – why have white furniture?)