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More Than a Mom-Droid:Letting Children See Your Soul

By Brenda Knowles|2015-09-22T16:07:13-05:00March 30th, 2012|Categories: Parenting, Personal Evolution|Tags: alternative parenting, Born for Love, Bruce Perry, empathy, motherhood, parent child relationships, parenting with soul, suburban parenthood|

It's important to me that my kids realize I am a woman with depth and not just a Mom-droid. I do my best to remind them of my humanity by weaving stories of my childhood with their present-day preoccupations. I've told them how I once lived and dreamed all on my own in Chicago. They've seen [...]

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