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Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.
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“awareness is how overuse of screen time can be very addictive for anybody, particularly for children whose brains are vulnerable and still growing and forming. Studies have shown how overuse of screen time affects the prefrontal cortex of the brain, similar to the effect of cocaine. Screen use releases excessive amounts of dopamine, which creates cravings for the device in the same way a smoker craves a cigarette—it’s highly rewarding and, thus, highly addictive.”
Tammy Schamuhn, The Parenting Handbook: Your Guide to Raising Resilient Children

Mindi K. Counts
“The Many Traumas That Require Tending We’ve all witnessed or experienced trauma on one or many levels. To be human is to experience trauma.”
Mindi K. Counts, Tending Your Roots: An Earth-Centered Approach to Healing Personal, Ancestral, and Collective Trauma

Jacqui  Lewis
“Still, my dad’s violence scarred me, it left a hole in my self-love tank.”
Jacqui Lewis, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World

Kaytlyn Gillis
“Like all criminals accused of a crime, our court system usually gives the benefit of the doubt to abusers, transferring the blame onto the accuser and protecting the accused.”
Kaytlyn Gillis, IT'S NOT “HIGH CONFLICT” IT’S POST-SEPARATION ABUSE: When Abusers Weaponize the Courts as a Form of Retaliation

“Support is followed by independence. Children aren’t ready to dive into the deep end until they feel safe in the shallow end first.”
Tammy Schamuhn, The Parenting Handbook: Your Guide to Raising Resilient Children

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