20/01/2026
Parenting with intention is not always soft or easy.
It asks us, as parents, to continuously check in with ourselves.
To reflect on our own conditioning, patterns, and learned behaviors.
To question what we were taught and whether it still fits the child in front of us.
In the beautiful moments, but especially in the challenging ones, we ask ourselves:
What do I want her to learn here?
What am I trying to achieve?
Which battles am I choosing when I hold my ground?
And what emotions does this situation bring up in me?
In our home, we choose to explain why we set certain boundaries, when the moment allows it.
Not only “we don’t do this,” but also what it evokes in us.
Spitting is dirty, yes but it also feels disrespectful to us, and that is why we set that boundary.
Mom is cooking right now not to push you away, but because it helps us get food on the table so we can eat together.
Communication is strong in our home, sometimes maybe too strong.
Naming emotions can be challenging, yet it is essential.
We live in a house full of women. Strong women.
With different cultural backgrounds, different voices, different ways of taking up space.
For some, speaking up is natural; for others, it is a journey.
Where fires have been conditioned and voices have been distorted.
Our intention as parents is to give our daughter the space to be fully herself.
And to teach her how and when to adapt
without losing herself,
without shrinking because the world expects her to.
