Parents Are Precious
Marya Axner, International Liberation Reference Person for Parents
Parents are precious. We have the awesome job of raising children. The deep connection we have with our children strengthens our awareness of the magnificence of life and the loveliness of the universe. Our children remind us every moment of the nature of reality. They love with all their hearts. We get to take in their love and love them back. Their access to the discharge process demonstrates to us every day the basics of Co-Counseling. We are smart to be parents.
Parents work 24/7 [every hour, day and night] and don’t get paid. This is the basis of parents’ oppression. In addition to parenting, in order to survive we have to earn a living and meet other challenges. That pulls our time, energy, and attention away from our children.
Our job is as important as any job, and we don’t get paid. I have observed that people who do work that’s of the highest value to society often get paid little or nothing, while those who do the least important or most damaging work get paid the most.
Women are still the vast majority of primary parents. Women’s oppression is one of the reasons parenting is not a paid position.
Both mothers and fathers suffer from parents’ oppression, which deepens both women’s and men’s oppression.
Society tells us at every turn [all the time] that our work is not important or we are doing it wrong. And we are wrongly blamed for the distresses of our children. As capitalism falls, society is becoming harsher, and harsher toward families. We need to understand that this is happening and not blame ourselves.
We can use RC to discharge our hurts, so we don’t pass them on to our children.
Somerville, Massachusetts, USA