Flying monkeys show up after the abuse. They aren’t there to witness it. It could be decades later or it could be the very next day, but they will defend the abuser. There were not two sides in that house. There was a child, and there was a grown people with total power over her. That is not two perspectives, that is two people harming another person who had no way to leave, no way to fight back, and no way to even name what was happening to her. The child lived in fear and s

Protecting our kids isn’t about being petty or holding grudges..it’s about setting boundaries. You can’t disrespect parents, talk badly about them, and then expect open access to their children. That’s not revenge; it’s parenting. We’ve already tasted the poison, and it’s our job to make sure our kids never have to. #dysfunctionalfamily #boundaries #adultkids #toxicparent #toxicinlaws Happy Birthday to one of the kindest people on the planet, my middle child, Chase! He’s a fo