clockworkcrow:

you know what’s worse than a ‘selfish’ child? a child who doesn’t know how to take care of themselves because they’re too busy pleasing everyone else. being a selfless saint isn’t a good thing.

and if you grow up thinking what you want is never important, that you always have to put others first? you’ll slowly be destroying yourself trying to make everyone else happy.

so teach your children their feelings are important. teach your children to take care of themselves. teach your children it’s okay to be selfish.

because it took me twenty damn years to learn how to be selfish. and it nearly destroyed me.