I’ve been blessed to have some powerful women who have modeled strength, love, service, humor, and authenticity to me. My 95 year old Nouna (Godmother, in Greek) has been a great example of all these qualities throughout my life.
I want to teach my kids—yes, both of them—that their value as human beings has so much to do with how they are showing up in the world, and so little to do with the shape or size of their bodies.
When we give kids choices—no matter how insignificant they feel to us—they provide our little ones with a sense of self-agency, of control of their lives, and of self-efficacy.
