Parent Pause

Why does it hurt so much when our child is left out?

3:17

I don’t think it’s only because we’re watching our children suffer. It’s possible because we’re remembering our own pain as well.

Watching a child standing on the edge of a friendship group has a way of waking up the child we once were. The one who wasn’t invited. The one who didn’t quite fit in. The one who wondered what was wrong with them.

In this Parent Pause, I’m thinking about why…