When We Send Our Kids Home...

When we send our kids home…

We feel like experts on them, keepers of their likes and fears and needs. But do we view their parents the same way when they enter our homes?

We wonder and worry, hope for updates, information, and involvement. But do we offer this to their parents while they're in our care?

We want our memories with our kids to be sweet, and our time with them to be honored. But do we dissect or dishonor or ignore those shared with their parents?

We celebrate our bond with our children and mourn our personal loss and pain. But do we consider these same feelings for our children's parents?

Let’s approach our kids’ parents with compassion, humility, & respect. Let’s put ourselves in their shoes, fight to understand their feelings, be sure to honor their role.

Let’s do it for their benefit and let’s do it for the benefit of our kids.