Sarah Jakes Roberts

And I thought they were wrong until I started hearing these feelings.

And I was like, that's why they didn't care.

They knew it was a slippery slope.

And they said, we won't do this.

We owe the boomers an apology because y'all had it a little right.

Because now I find myself having to care about things I don't care about.

So here I am after the longest day known to man.

Talking about what happened on the playground.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

And I don't care.

Absolutely.

And I don't care that you don't want to do your homework and that you don't eat these vegetables.

But, you know, I'm trying to like care in a way that I haven't.

And that's interesting.

My greatest philosophy about parenting beyond like don't let these kids kill you and don't let these kids take you out is create space for you to be a person in the midst of it all.

Because kids are selfish by nature.

It's okay.

The moment they enter the world, everything centers around them.

But if you do not begin to introduce that you're tired, that you have vulnerable moments, that you're afraid sometimes, then they will think that you are superhuman instead of just a super good mom or a super good parent.

And I want them to know that sometimes it costs me to show up in the way that I do.