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Episode 2714:

In "When Intentional Parenting Kinda Sucks," Shawna Scafe candidly shares the complexities of aligning parenting expectations with reality. This heartfelt reflection explores the challenges of family road trips and the pressures of intentional parenting. Shawna's personal anecdotes offer comfort and camaraderie to parents grappling with their ideals versus the actualities of raising children.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/family-road-trip-intentional/

Quotes to ponder:

"Sometimes those ‘things’ and ‘intentions’ kind of suck to put into progress."

"I get so overwhelmed with the crying and the fits. I get so frustrated that I become irrational. THEN every little thing that has ever made me mad is like, ‘oh heeeeey! you haven’t thought about me in a while, let’s hang out in your brain and mess up your ability to be loving and kind’."

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