Oh My Gosh!

What a timely post!

My daughter is doing a mental health unit in school, and in it they are talking about dealing with trauma.

The teacher said, "We are each responsible to deal with our own trauma, no one else's."

At which point DD said, "Nuh-uh! A parent should be dealing with their trauma and their kid's."

Teacher re-iterated.

DD spoke up again and said, "No, frick that! You don't tell a teen to navigate their own trauma. The parent has a responsibility to us. Why is my mom only responsible for herself when she's caused this crap in our family? Why doesn't she have to navigate the stuff she caused with Dad? No. You're wrong. I don't accept that."

RDM