I don’t know the magic elixir, but if I had to choose what’s most important for a kid, i would choose above all else two parents who can love you, help advocate for you, teach you self respect and boundaries and talk to you. They can be poor or rich white or brown, American or foreign, so long as they show love for their kids, engage wit…
I don’t know the magic elixir, but if I had to choose what’s most important for a kid, i would choose above all else two parents who can love you, help advocate for you, teach you self respect and boundaries and talk to you. They can be poor or rich white or brown, American or foreign, so long as they show love for their kids, engage with them and fight for them when necessary. (Granted there is a line between help and enable but I lean increasingly on the side of help, as in advocate—not handouts). My number two: school choice. Everything else is icing.
I don’t know the magic elixir, but if I had to choose what’s most important for a kid, i would choose above all else two parents who can love you, help advocate for you, teach you self respect and boundaries and talk to you. They can be poor or rich white or brown, American or foreign, so long as they show love for their kids, engage with them and fight for them when necessary. (Granted there is a line between help and enable but I lean increasingly on the side of help, as in advocate—not handouts). My number two: school choice. Everything else is icing.