
I Don’t Want My Kids to Grow Up the Way I Did
My father is an abusive alcoholic. I am determined to ensure that my children have a completely different childhood from the one I had.

My father is an abusive alcoholic. I am determined to ensure that my children have a completely different childhood from the one I had.

I used to invite my friends in to listen to my Michael Jackson album. (And yes…this now sounds like a “back in my day, we used to have to walk 30 miles in the snow UPHILL to get to school…and GAH I feel old.)

I hear that three and a half is magical, and that children turn the corner from beast to beauty, but I’m still waiting…

My father is an abusive alcoholic. I am determined to ensure that my children have a completely different childhood from the one I had.

I used to invite my friends in to listen to my Michael Jackson album. (And yes…this now sounds like a “back in my day, we used to have to walk 30 miles in the snow UPHILL to get to school…and GAH I feel old.)

I hear that three and a half is magical, and that children turn the corner from beast to beauty, but I’m still waiting…