When a Parent Stops Listening to the Mustn'ts
Listen to Mustn'ts, child
Listen to the Don'ts.
Listen to the Shouldn'ts, the Impossibles, the Won'ts.
Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me.
Anything can happen, child, Anything can be.
In this poem
Shel Silverstein captures perfectly
my absolute favorite part
of coaching parents
It's when a parent decides to
Unshackle
From their societal programming
The Mustn’ts Don’ts Shouldn’ts Impossibles Won'ts
Who says your kid needs to go to college to be successful?
Who says a mom isn’t allowed free time?
Who says happiness needs to look a certain way?
Who says dads can’t be tender?
Who says? Who says? Who says?
We all carry societal programming. That's normal
But when we choose to release it
we find
Anything can happen, anything can be
