I had a talk with the girls today on what a safe space is. How our home is our safe space and sometimes we need to be cognizant of the struggles each other are going through to keep it that way. I explained how we will have days that are better than others and that we all need a place where we feel like we can escape everything bothering us – that is home. That is our safe space.
We have this mental image of children running to their rooms and slamming the door to find peace and quiet. I hope that door for my kids can be the front door and they’ll always find solace in all the rooms of my house. My family is by no means perfect, but that’s my personal goal when I refer to safe space and my kids.
The reason this came up is because my girls are unfortunately getting to the age where other kids tease people about liking a boy.
Ugh.
One of my daughters was then upset that the teasing kept happening at home from her sibling and she was contemplating whether the friendship was worth it. That’s where the safe space conversation came into play.
I remember my own childhood fairly well as is evident from some of my past posts. We all need a place we can escape from the jokes we get tired of, the annoying looks and everything that bothers us.
Do you have a safe space too?
-Opinionated Man
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Mine is my apartment! And since I live alone it’s my haven!
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A perfect haven! 😀👍
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It is unless the apartment upstairs gets noisy!
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Hahaha I could see that.
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I love the safe space being the front door and not their bedroom doors.
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Definitely my goal with my home!
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Great parenting! Have a nice holiday with your family🎄🦌☃️
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You also!!!
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The kitchen 💜
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Mine too!
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💜💜💜💜💜🙏
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Our home has always been a safe place, for us and for our kids. That and the secret ice castle I have in the South Pole (tried the north one, but some idiot in spandex already took it).
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I need an ice castle now.
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Should have stayed in Phoenix, though you’d have to rebuild it every year.
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Hahaha denver would be great for a snow castle half the year.
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I was planning on driving through Denver on my way to Tucson. The interstate was closed at Limon, so I had to divert to Santa Fe.
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I love this! Even at 63 I sometimes need my bedroom and solitude for a safe space.
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I hear ya on that!!
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