10/17/2026
This is true. You’re not raising babies. You’re raising them to be adults. Who then go on to have their own children. If you don’t discipline along with spoiling them, you raise entitlement instead of adults. That never turns out well.
I don’t need my kids to grow up thinking I’m cool.
I know I have tattoos, piercings, and probably a few things in common with the younger generation.
But I’m still their mama.
I’m still going to have rules. I’m still going to tell them no. I’m still going to have conversations they probably don’t want to have.
Being an alternative mama doesn’t mean I let my kids do whatever they want.
It means I’m raising them with an open mind while still teaching them responsibility, respect, and boundaries.
I can be the mama who takes them to get their hair dyed and the same mama who takes their phone when they’re acting up.
