Parenting Part 5

[00:00:18.49]Hey, this is your personal person,
Lynda, on Rooted&Real.
[00:00:23.33]We’ve been talking about ‘Parenting’.
[00:00:29.49]There’s no manual,
but there’s something called…
[00:00:33.97]Is it advice?
[00:00:36.45]Okay.
Now, this is the last one.
[00:00:41.01]It’s ‘You’re Breaking Cycles’.
[00:00:45.57]Now, to the parent healing while raising kids.
[00:00:50.65]Maybe you had a rough childhood, maybe.
[00:00:53.65]It wasn’t all that.
[00:00:55.69]But I see you.
[00:00:58.57]You are breaking cycles.
[00:01:02.69]Maybe you grew up with yelling,
or worse, silence,
[00:01:09.69]with children should not be seen and not
be heard, with love that had conditions.
[00:01:16.73]And you swore, “I won’t do that to my kids.”
[00:01:21.13]But guess what?
[00:01:23.37]Now you’re doing it
while triggering your own inner child,
[00:01:28.97]while unlearning 30 years of stuff.
[00:01:32.69]While still exhausted.
[00:01:35.97]You know, that’s the hardest
parenting there is.
[00:01:40.65]The fact that you’re trying differently
already means you’re doing it.
[00:01:45.49]The fact that you pause before you react,
that’s breaking a cycle.
[00:01:51.45]The fact that you say, “I’m sorry”,
that is breaking a cycle.
[00:01:57.65]The fact that you let them cry
and don’t shame them for it,
[00:02:03.53]that is breaking a cycle.
[00:02:06.41]And the fact that you hug them
and tell them they’re enough,
[00:02:12.29]that’s also breaking a cycle.
[00:02:16.61]So you’re not just raising kids.
[00:02:19.01]You’re healing generations behind you,
and you’re protecting
[00:02:24.01]generations ahead of you.
[00:02:27.37]It’s not perfect.
[00:02:30.25]You’ll still mess up, But you know what?
[00:02:34.13]You’ll repair, and that’s the difference.
[00:02:39.29]So give yourself credit.
[00:02:43.01]Therapy also counts.
[00:02:45.09]Books, relevant books, count.
[00:02:48.97]Choosing gentleness over how
it was done those days counts.
[00:02:55.57]You’re doing sacred works.
[00:02:58.25]Even on the days,
it feels like you’re failing.
[00:03:01.77]These are God’s gifts to us.
[00:03:05.13]So to every cycle breaker,
the chain stops with you.
[00:03:12.25]And because of you,
it starts different with them.
[00:03:18.29]And that’s legacy.
[00:03:22.09]So you’ve been there, you’ve walked with
me on the full five episodes of parenting.
[00:03:28.73]Please leave a note
and just comment on how it was for you.
[00:03:34.97]Thank you for walking
this journey with me.