I keep seeing posts on Instagram about how raising revolutionary kids is a form of protest and that breaking generational cycles of oppression and trauma is ground-breaking.
I want to take a moment or two to explain what that means, because I honestly can say that raising kids in a consent-based, non-coercive way doesn’t always feel all that revolutionary. I know deep down inside that it is, but it’s not something I can feel, touch, or even sometimes witness during the day-to-day.
Most of the time, we are just a regular family doing regular family things. My kids watch YouTube, play video games, complain about eating vegetables, etc. I get tired of doing endless dishes and laundry. The only notable difference is that we spend most of our time together, whereas other families go their separate ways during the day and only have the evenings at home to hang out.