One giant leap forward! - Part 6

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T, hope you don't mind if I hijack for a post here.

Sandi, I'm so sorry you had that experience when your kids were young, I really am. That's not the way it's supposed to be, young families need support. If I had known you then I would have come to your house and took your kids to a park so you could have had that hour a day just to be.

I was in my 30s when I had my first child and was blown away by the enormity of it and also, as I've said before, the mind-numbing drudgery of some of it. At that point I made it my goal to help support others in this most important tole of parent.

IRL, my job is working with young families and helping them build support networks and find community resources. We know that things turn out so much better for all involved when families get off to a good start. I said on someone else's thread that part of the high rate of D is attributable to the lack of support for young families. Children bring lots of joy but they are a stressor.

Thanks for sharing your story.