This Dayley's Life

  I have often found myself drawn to videos on social media of men and women playfully ranting about  some aspect of the difficulties of parenting. Honestly, who doesn’t love a witty, messy bun wearing,  exhausted mom, telling us “How it is”? This fresh and funny perspective  is relatable, and the sentiment  can be quite literally relieving because of  how phenomenally complex and challenging the realities of  raising children are. I mean, if we MUST go  through the daily rigors of parent life, we might as well  find  the humor in it, right? Although we pay homage to this type of parental comic relief with our likes and subscribes, we may be left feeling like the short clips of validation only carry us so far in terms of how we actually handle our own, very private difficult parenting situations. One element of frustration in child rearing that stands out to me is setting and keeping healthy boundaries. Boundaries with children are sup...