Tag: reflection
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They say a father is a daughter’s first love. But really, he’s her first case study—her first example, her first unintentional teacher. Long before girls learn equations or phonics, they learn tone. They learn tension. They learn what affection looks like in practice, not theory. They learn how it feels to be prioritized—or quietly placed…
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A Reflection on Safety, Autonomy, and Mother’s Intuition I’m not homeschooling because I believe I’m some untapped academic prodigy who can outperform the entire public school system. I’m homeschooling because I refuse to gamble my daughters’ safety on the hope that everyone else in the building is paying attention. We like to pretend motherhood is…