In a society that thrives on constant unrealistic expectations, don’t add that stress to your babies’ lives.
Expecting your kids (no matter what age) to look, act, behave, achieve, etc. a certain way will ultimately lead to them resenting you and resenting themselves because they will learn that nothing they ever do or become will be enough.
Why would you bring another soul into this world in order to just put it down all the time? Here’s five ways that expectation can hurt your bond with your babes.
1: Expectation teaches conditional love.
2: Expectation strips any feeling of safety.
3: Expectation fosters shame.
4: Expectation leads to deep dissatisfaction.
5: Expectation leads to unconscious resentment and an inauthentic life.
You gave birth to a soul or souls that inhabit their own body with their own desires and needs.
You may guide them and offer support while growing them in love. You are not to break their spirit so that you can fit them into a mold of what you’d like them to be.
Choose love over expectation, even if your parents couldn’t do that for you.
