#destiniann on tiktok
I’m so happy to see Black people parenting differently from their own upbringing. Why subject your child(ren) to the trauma you endured and hated from your parents? I’m especially happy where little Black girls are concerned. When young, we were labeled “sassy”, we needed an “attitude” adjustment, ‘we thought we were grown’ and blah blah all because no one told us how to express ourselves. And even if we did know how, we were told to hold our tongues out of respect. And if we were allowed to speak, our feelings were immediately invalidated because the adults taking care of us had problems worse than ours and we didn’t pay bills.
Some of the kids are alright.
My little cousin was just diagnosed with ADHD and the doctor said in girls, anger is a symptom. Made me wonder how many Black girls were labeled with “bad attitude” when in reality they couldn’t focus on the task and just pissed at the adult in their face demanding and threatening them over something outside of their control
