My parenting philosophy was actually trauma

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What's wrong with these white kids? Actually they're just not traumatized

Me and my big aunt in China My parents and I always saw my independence as a superpower. My first time at sleepaway camp, I was baffled by the other eight-year-olds missing their families. What was wrong with these white kids? Are they seriously crying real tears? What on earth are they crying about? The feeling of missing my family had been trained out of me by age two. In China, my elite preschool was a boarding school during the week. My mom often bragged about how this was where dignitaries sent their kids. The school grew its own food and had peacocks. I remember waking at night once,…

My parenting philosophy was actually trauma

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