Katie Bingham-Smith remembers being dragged along to family events as a teen: “I’d have preferred spending time with my friends or alone in my room with a book. I had days when I didn’t feel like being social, and I had to go anyway. I hated getting peppered with questions from my parents about why I was in a ‘bad mood’ or asked if there was anything wrong.” She hated it — and yet, once upon a time, she did the same thing to her kids. Not anymore, though. You’ll want to read her reasoning, too. Check it out. |
