When I was young, I remember coming home from school every day and sitting down with a lemon and salt in front of the tv. I could eat one right after the other if allowed. I had a whole process to eating them and it was delicious. I mean, what could be better than lemons and Saved by the Bell?! My dad would tell me not to eat too many or it would ruin the enamel on my teeth. I would roll my eyes because surely it wasn’t that dramatic and who cared about enamel anyway?In recent news, there has been talk about allowing 11-year-old children to have the legal right to decide if they want a certain hot-topic vaccination. Not only that, but in the article I was reading, it stated they would also be able to keep the information from their parents! Excuse me?! There are many things wrong with this type of scenario but I wanted to address a few concerns.A human brain is not fully developed until around age 25 yet the world expects a child to take on decisions, thoughts, and actions as if they are 40. While we cannot shield our children from everything the world throws at them, we also cannot allow the world to completely define how they are raised.Our decision to homeschool was originally a combination of both not being able to afford the school we desired and not wanting our son to attend a public school. Looking back on that time, almost 7 years ago, I see that as a moment when a life-altering decision was made. And we didn’t even grasp the importance at the time. In the desire and conviction to raise our kids a specific way, we aren’t perfect. Gracious, the mistakes I have made as a parent. My own apologies I’ve had to give to my parents after experiencing things as a parent myself. Phew. I love sharing funny stories and precious pictures on social media, but if we are being honest here, there are days when it is ugly at our house. Sometimes we get so caught up in the desire to make it all perfect, when all we really need it to let go of the control. Let go of the ideas of perfection. Let go of the anxiety….yes, the ANXIETY….of raising our children in this moment. I know I’m not the only one who’s woken up in the night with a racing heart and overwhelming thoughts of “how in the world am I going to get through this?” Yet. We have been given charge over these children. How dare we take such an enormous responsibility and not be willing to fight to the death to protect, provide, educate, and lead them? How dare we allow the world to tell us what is best? I don’t mean just with medical decisions. I don’t mean with just one thing or another. I mean with it ALL. Are you willing to stand up and fight for them?  Are you willing to make hard decisions, sometimes ones that just don't make sense or may take a lot of work, in order to protect and lead them? Don't doubt your abilities. You've got people in your corner!New Segment alert!! "Puzzle Pollyanna" - unsure if we will keep the name if this is something that continues - and y'all gave me 19 submissions! The picker wheel randomly chose CRAYON and so I share, on the fly, what type of object, or life, lesson can come from that. What do you think? Good idea? Good lesson? Should we continue?I'd love to connect and hear from you - send me an email at [email protected] to share any feedback you may have, questions, topics you'd like to hear about, or even just to vent to someone who will listen without judgment.Have you found value in this podcast? I'd love for you to share it with someone as word of mouth is how podcasts get found. Of course, you can always find and engage with me on my Facebook and Instagram. See you next time!imperfectlypollyanna.com
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