What I Believed About Ex-Mormons The narrative has changed a bit in recent years, but when I was young and through most of my life an ex-Mormon was a scary thing. Ex-Mormons were angry, bitter,…
So, we’ve realized we don’t want to continue the pattern of control we experienced in our families. We’re working on parenting from unconditional love. It’s kind of awesome — and we’re beginning to see the…
Post-Mormon parenting from unconditional love sounds beautiful in theory. Theory: All while our kids melt down or make mistakes. Reality: Basically, we melt down and make mistakes. And then we wonder where all that love…
When I was in the church I was pretty darn confident in my ability to parent. Sure, maybe I yelled more than I was comfortable with, but I knew exactly how to manage my children’s…
Sometimes, the part of us that needs the most care isn’t the child sitting across the kitchen table — it’s the child inside us. This child: We can be a loving parent for that inner…
The Dream Once upon a time a man named Joseph Smith had a dream, and he told his family about it. Later, his son, Joseph Smith Jr., wrote a book and included a version of…
In the post-Mormon community, many of us were raised by parents who couldn’t offer unconditional love because their deepest held beliefs were not compatible with it. On top of that, many of us were devoted…