Giving parents the encouragement they need.
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Empowering Parents Project retweeted
today i'm sharing about a new diagnosis & my first steps of recovery.
this year we're going to be messy & complicated & afraid & show up anyway.
if talk about mental health, eating disorders, relapse & recovery helps: Listen at apple.co/3ClfveR
if it triggers: Skip today.
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
Let's help add MORE books to the shelves of our public and school libraries that celebrate the wonderful diversity of the world: pflag.org/ReadWithLove ❤️📚 #ReadWithLove
ALT The background looks like a close-up side view of a book, with pages in the middle and red covers at the top and bottom. At the top, in white, it reads: More Books. More Love. In the middle, in charcoal grey it reads: Let's Empower Kids to and, in red underneath it reads #ReadWithLove. PFLAG National's #ReadWithLove logo is in the bottom right corner.
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
“Our birthright is to enter birth & motherhood like we would a Soul Train line: We may be nervous...but once the music drops, we start cuttin’ up. At the end of the line, we’ll be glad we did.”—Whitney @freshlygiven in @iamwellandgood
#birthrightpodcast
bit.ly/34PyHUs
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
Every single day, we see more and more teachers quit their jobs. And who can blame them? We're experiencing a teacher shortage and the response by state governments is to legislate them out of existence.
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
It's time to center chest/breastfeeding promotion and education for Black, Brown and Indigenous families.
Read our Breastfeeding Intention Factsheet which includes several recommendations for increasing and centering prenatal engagement.
→healthconnectone.org/researc…
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
Be mindful of the chestfeeding goals, mental health, and body dysphoria issues Trans families might experience during their chestfeeding journeys. Never take for granted their experiences. Touch their lives with understanding.
#IBCLC
#TransAwarenessWeek
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
Paid leave would help Appalachian families:
-Avoid financial ruin
-Plan more for their futures
-Improve their mental health
-Live their damn lives
We need it now.
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
For #AdoptionAwarenessMonth, we're asking those with lived experience a question:
What’s one thing you wish people understood about how adoption affects mental health?
Read through the responses, answer if you'd like, & use our FIND HELP Tool if needed: twloha.com/find-help.
ALT Photo of a wooded mountain with a blue filter. Text reads "What's one thing you wish people understood about how adoption affects mental health?"
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
Mark Zuckerberg lost $7 billion in one day.
Not even 6% of his net worth.
Meanwhile, Appalachians struggle every day just to get clean water and reliable internet.
Something is fundamentally wrong in this country.
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
One of the most important components of growth & healing is learning to feel your feelings. Sounds easy but many of us were never taught how and we learned to suppress them instead. Learning to feel is an act of courage and self love. 💗
Empowering Parents Project retweeted
As we navigate these challenging times, be gentle with yourself. What we are experiencing is collective trauma and it will take time to heal.
