Our parenting support group has become this lifeline for all of us who are trying to break cycles, but lately there's been tension because some of us are further along in therapy and others are just starting to name what happened to us. The group feels split between people who want to dive deep and people who aren't ready, and we're losing the safety we built together.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community built around shared healing is fracturing because people are at different places in their trauma recovery while trying to support each other's parenting.
“Where Are You with Trauma-informed parenting?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.