liezlwashere: It’s free stuff day next door at the offices of Knock Knock! An Excerpt from How to Traumatize your Child, From the Self Hurt Series. Chapter 3 - Exerting Control: Your Child, Your Property. As a controlling parent, you know what’s right. You know what your child should fear and what she should believe. You have final say in what your child should wear every day, what friends she should have, and how much food she should put in her mouth. Because there is no room in your universe for your child’s ideas or opinions. This is exactly why I shouldn’t babysit your kids, nor have my own right now. My debut as an author… okay, not mine, but still..

liezlwashere:

It’s free stuff day next door at the offices of Knock Knock!

An Excerpt from How to Traumatize your Child, From the Self Hurt Series.

Chapter 3 - Exerting Control: Your Child, Your Property.

As a controlling parent, you know what’s right. You know what your child should fear and what she should believe. You have final say in what your child should wear every day, what friends she should have, and how much food she should put in her mouth.

Because there is no room in your universe for your child’s ideas or opinions.
This is exactly why I shouldn’t babysit your kids, nor have my own right now.

My debut as an author… okay, not mine, but still..