Why My Relationship With My Parents is So Good

I'm lucky, I know

I talk about my parents a lot; on here, on Instagram, in life. When I was younger, friends would come to my house and jokingly ask if my parents would adopt them. At this stage, I often have people commenting on how much they admire the love that clearly flows between my parents and I.

As I’ve gotten older, I realise that this kind of relationship is sadly not the case for many. For some, they’re in a place of acceptance that it will never be quite what they need or desire and for others, they are trying to parent their own kids in a way that avoids the mistakes they feel their parents made.

I had a girl reach out to me recently, who is raising her daughter alone. She said she loves the relationship I have with my parents. She doesn’t have that with hers, so feels she doesn’t have a blueprint to help her in her parenting. She asked what I felt my parents did right for us to be at this point, with this very loving relationship now.

It really got me thinking and I thought I’d share. For any of you raising littles, this may give you some food for thought.