At some point parents need to take accountability and acknowledge that their children struggle with certain things, largely because of them.

Some parents really can’t believe or don’t want to believe that they have something to do with some of the problems their children face.

I know we can’t blame everything on parents and we need to be responsible for our own healing, but that doesn’t mean overlooking the source.

Whether it’s issues related to forming healthy friendships and romantic relationships, issues linked to attachment, issues linked to self-confidence and self-love, issues linked to processing emotions or managing anger...

A lot of these issues started with some parents.

And the irony is that many of these parents see the challenges their children face and have never paused to have a conversation with them, about how they may have contributed to these challenges.

In fact, some of these same parents are quick to punish, judge or even belittle.

I’m not a parent and I’m sure being a parent is far from easy. I’m even more sure that I will make some mistakes when I have children.

I just think it’s super important for parents to have conversations with their children about the difficult parts of their kid’s childhood.