I’m Not a Specialist. I’m Just a Mother Learning.

08 October 2025

I don’t hold a parenting diploma.

I’m simply a mother learning — day after day — alongside my son.

He’s a young athlete, determined and passionate, but also a child full of emotions, dreams, and questions.

For a long time, I believed that being a good parent meant doing what I was taught — strict rules, a firm voice, clear authority.

But over time, I realized that something had changed.

Not because my son stopped listening, but because the world around us no longer speaks the same language.

So I began a different journey — sometimes difficult, often uncomfortable, but deeply meaningful.

I read, I listened to experts, but above all, I listened to myself.

I started to notice my own reactions — the ones inherited without thinking — and I slowly began to change them.

I learned that I don’t always have to be right, but I always have to be present.

That my voice doesn’t have to be louder than his — just calmer.

That listening doesn’t mean giving in; it means showing respect.

Listening doesn’t mean I agree with everything.

It means I take him seriously.

It means I care about what he feels.

It means I’m willing to understand before I correct.

When I started doing that, I changed too.

I became more patient, more aware, more connected.

I understood that children’s needs aren’t whims — they’re messages.

And if we listen carefully, those messages help us build trust instead of fear.

💬 Parenting didn’t teach me how to raise my son. It taught me how to grow.

Today I can say this with an open heart:

Parenting didn’t teach me how to raise my son.

It taught me how to grow — as a mother, as a person.

And maybe that’s the greatest gift of all:

to grow together, side by side.

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