Thank you everyone for continuing to visit Truth-in-Parenting and sending in your truths. Some, like the most recent one, have been incredibly moving, and I'm glad to provide this forum to bring these truths to the world.
My schedule hasn't permitted me to update the site as often as I'd like, so I'm going to do it once a week from now on.
Please keep sending in your truths and secrets to truthinparenting@gmail.com.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Truth: At the birth of my son, I wished he would die
Truth #24
"My partner had a traumatic labour resulting in an emergency Cesarean section that I wasn't permitted to attend. I was left without word for an hour. The anesthetist returned to tell me that my baby had suffered hypoxia and that he had to be resuscitated. This took 10 minutes. I was told to expect multiple organ damage and brain damage. I
wished that he would die as I hated the idea of him suffering in any way. I was permitted to see him in intensive care and he looked so peaceful. The longest 10 days of my life passed as we waited for him to recover from his first worldly experience.
One year on and I have the funniest, confident, brightest little person dominating my thoughts, that I can only just about remember those 10 days.
But my very initial wish still rings in my ears.
I remind myself occasionally that i shall never wish the same again."
Submitted 7/9/07 vie e-mail
"My partner had a traumatic labour resulting in an emergency Cesarean section that I wasn't permitted to attend. I was left without word for an hour. The anesthetist returned to tell me that my baby had suffered hypoxia and that he had to be resuscitated. This took 10 minutes. I was told to expect multiple organ damage and brain damage. I
wished that he would die as I hated the idea of him suffering in any way. I was permitted to see him in intensive care and he looked so peaceful. The longest 10 days of my life passed as we waited for him to recover from his first worldly experience.
One year on and I have the funniest, confident, brightest little person dominating my thoughts, that I can only just about remember those 10 days.
But my very initial wish still rings in my ears.
I remind myself occasionally that i shall never wish the same again."
Submitted 7/9/07 vie e-mail
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Truth: Oprah Turned Me On to Alcohol
Truth #23
"I took up drinking in the afternoons after watching an episode of Oprah. She did a special program on stay at home mothers who drank or did drugs because they couldn't cope with their lives. Of course, Oprah had them on TV to show how bad and awful these mothers were for turning to drugs and drink to escape their lives. I saw it and thought, 'Good idea!'. Now I have at least one glass of wine every afternoon right about 2:00, when the kids start driving me nuts. The alcohol takes the edge off, and I'm much nicer to my kids and much less likely to scream at them or sit them in front of the TV. Thanks, Oprah!"
Submitted 7/7/07 via e-mail
"I took up drinking in the afternoons after watching an episode of Oprah. She did a special program on stay at home mothers who drank or did drugs because they couldn't cope with their lives. Of course, Oprah had them on TV to show how bad and awful these mothers were for turning to drugs and drink to escape their lives. I saw it and thought, 'Good idea!'. Now I have at least one glass of wine every afternoon right about 2:00, when the kids start driving me nuts. The alcohol takes the edge off, and I'm much nicer to my kids and much less likely to scream at them or sit them in front of the TV. Thanks, Oprah!"
Submitted 7/7/07 via e-mail
Truth: No, no, no, no!
Truth #22
"I say 'no' to my children way too often. It's habit now. I can feel myself saying 'no' before they even ask me for something. I say 'no' when I should say 'yes' just because I'm annoyed that they are even asking me. I counted yesterday. I said 'no' 3 times as often as 'yes'."
Submitted 7/7/07 via e-mail
"I say 'no' to my children way too often. It's habit now. I can feel myself saying 'no' before they even ask me for something. I say 'no' when I should say 'yes' just because I'm annoyed that they are even asking me. I counted yesterday. I said 'no' 3 times as often as 'yes'."
Submitted 7/7/07 via e-mail
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