Today, we’ve got an important piece about kids and their right to set their boundaries. An anonymous writer admits: “The truth is, I like affection quite a bit. But it pains me to be touched by anyone I don’t trust. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, in the context where I was raised, ‘boundaries’ were never spoken of. If I’d resisted my grandmother at one of those family gatherings, I would have been seen as unnatural, defiant. Not a nice girl.” It made her wildly uncomfortable — and so she’s doing things differently for her own daughter.
Food for thought,
Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor |
