There are so many great things I need to say about your post. So I'm just gonna go with a good 'ol bulleted list:

• Your writing is beautiful and entertaining.
• Your use of GIFs is perfection 👌

• It says that no matter what the situation, you expect your children to make bad choices. It says you can’t trust them and they can’t trust themselves.

I remember my dad saying a phrase to me (repeatedly) that I'll never forget. "Brittany, if you continue to (insert action here), you're never going to have any friends." I don't think he realized how often he said it, but it led me to have low self-esteem and friend issues for years...hell, it's probably still affecting me today. In the back of my mind, that little voice was always telling me that anything I did would be the reason I didn't have friends. Such a toxic application of words and I wholeheartedly agree with your statements on that.

• As a lexophile, grammar geek, etymologist, and content lover, I couldn't agree more on how powerful words can be. They are knives, or they are healers. They are corrupting, or they are uplifting. Thank you for challenging people to think differently about how carelessly they can be used when we're not being mindful.