There is a trend in most "developed" countries that tells us we should work and let others raise our babies. That a mom staying home and a family covering necessities first is a wrong or makes them poor. That large families are a burden on our governments or that moms don't need to breastfeed because "there's formula for that."
What happened?
When did parenting become a burden. When did having families become a curse. When did growing your own food become something only country folk do. When did letting your kids get dirty or messy become an issue.
When did we become unattached parents?
Why is it the more developed we get that we lose our animalistic/mammal instincts to comfort our children's cries and hold our babies to soothe. That we need to let them self-soothe and learn to cry it out. Or when breastfeeding became a sexual pleasure for mothers instead of the way our bodies were intended to feed our children.
I choose to stand against mainstream parenting. I pledge to raise children that know value in a person and respect their fellow humans. That know that food grows from the ground and doesn't come out of a box. That hard work is valued and so are they. That God loves us all regardless of what we look like. That the "rod" isn't for spanking. And that we are all created the way we are meant to and we do have faults, but collectively we can help each other to grow and evolve so that our inner light can shine bright enough to light a person struggling with their own.
I vow to raise my children traditionally, not with the mainstream drum.
And here is where you can march with me!
What do you pledge?
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