We are unified in our mission and our mother's love. A message of HOPE!!

Bonus Episode:

This episode is a bonus with just a few thoughts for you as I was thinking about how unified we are in our mother's love for our children, and that there is hope for us as we link arms to #beTHATMomStrong, and together we can create the strongest foundation for our kids. 

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Episode Transcription:

Speaker 1: (00:00)
Hey, so just wanted to do a really quick bonus episode as I sit here. I don't know what date is today, Wednesday. Um, but I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about all of the things related to the digital stuff that I talk about. And I'm thinking about how my podcasts is ranking in New Zealand, which is crazy to me. I don't even know what the time difference is between here and New Zealand is like something crazy, like you're already into the next day. Right? But the thing is that this whole raising kids in the digital age and the struggles that come with that, is it not crazy that this goes across like country lines that goes across cultures, that it is such a common thing, no matter where you live in the world, that is just crazy to think about. But it's also such an amazing thing, because if you think about it coming together as moms and linking arms to, you know, put up a unified front against the tech companies, the devices, the gaming consoles, the social media apps, all of the things, things, and put our foot down on them, invading into our children's lives, knives, and, you know, getting them off course from the future that they deserve to have.

Speaker 1: (01:23)
If you think about us. Yeah. You know, linking arms and creating a unified unified unified front against that, is that not the most beautiful thing, because there's nothing stronger than a mother's love, right? Like even when our kids are like disrespecting us and you know, just not even appreciating all that we go through, we would still lay down our lives for them. Right. There's nothing stronger than a mother's love. There's nothing more passionate than a mother's love protecting her child. So I think this is such a beautiful thing. If you think about it, of us being that mom that is proactive for our kids, and that doesn't mean, you know, that you only don't have devices or that, you know, you have devices with all these limitations. That means that you have the knowledge, the tools, all of the scenes, and you decide, okay, this course for your child with what is appropriate for your child and your situation without judgment, without criticism, I'm from other people, because you are the one that gets to decide the future for your child.

Speaker 1: (02:37)
And then the other thing is just that I don't say it enough, but there is hope in that. Yes. I know that it is like, you know, you can be crippled with fear when you realize that, like, in my episode earlier this week that, you know, a predator was one click away from Ashley's 10 year old daughter, no. Or the other, the other things that I've talked about where a child was so influenced by the social media and cyber bullying and all of the things that she was suicidal at a young age, you know, it's frightening, it's scary to think of all of that stuff. But if you think about how we can unify in a, be that model mom movement, how beautiful that can be and how there is so much hope in that. And so I have been to the place, sorry, I'm sitting on my front porch, so there's a car driving by, but, um, I have been at the place to where I was like, so ashamed and just could not believe how clueless I was and how much was going on just under my radar and how so.

Speaker 1: (03:53)
Very close we are too. We're too, [inaudible] things happening. And you know, for us, our story has worked out and it's, you know, our children are thriving. They're beautiful beings and they're doing wonderful in their lives, but the digital impact is still there. And there's so much of it that I didn't know. So I sat in a place of shame for quite some time and I still have the guilt and things like that. But at the same time, I feel like there's so much hope in the fact that, that we were touched by that struggle. And it brought me to this place. And then I had people and things put in my path to help me produce this podcast. Thank you so much, Stephanie gas, you were amazing. Your gift for clarity is absolutely out of this world. And I am just so very thankful for you and the things that you have, it helped me do to translate this method that I had going on in my life into my message.

Speaker 1: (04:59)
And then your mastermind that I joined for the last four months is absolutely unique, just shifted in, helped me pivot in what I'm doing so that I could get this into more, um, hands, more ears of moms so we can expand on this movement. So thank you, Stephanie. So, so much if you are listening, um, not Stephanie, but okay. Many of you are listening. If you are looking for a vehicle, a way to get out a message, you know, if you have a passion for something, if you have experience and you know that you can help other people with your struggle, Stephanie is your girl, and I can hook you up. I will put a little link to her podcast course in the show notes of this episode, please share, check it out and consider joining that because she helped me go from a mess to my message and to get my podcast off the ground and published, ready to go in the midst of COVID-19 crashing down on the world.

Speaker 1: (06:04)
And then after that helped me to figure out how to structure this podcast and what I wanted to share. So that what happened to me and my family does not happen to other families and that I can help more families with navigating this path from the get go. So I think I totally got off track there, but I basically just wanted to let you know that you're not alone and that there is hope and that it is such a beautiful thing that despite all of this craziness in the world, despite all of the threats that our children must face that are so much more real than we, when we were kids and had to deal with stranger danger and all of that, but could close and lock the door on our house and it'd be gone. And now we're inviting it into our world, um, our, into our house.

Speaker 1: (06:56)
And not that I'm laughing about that, but it's just crazy to think about, you know, how much the digital thing like is so pervasive into our lives. But I just want you to know that there's hope in that. I hope that you'll come to my podcast, knowing that you are going to take away some information and then knowing that you are not alone in this ever. And if you're not yet in my Facebook community, I can't talk tonight. Um, head on over to Facebook search for be that mom movement community. And, um, I, we should pop up just request to join, answer the questions. And then, um, I'll add you into the group. It is your safe space to come share your triumphs, your struggles, your, um, being at your wit's end, all the things that might happen all on the same day, but we are there to help you if you are not on Facebook and you just want to connect with me through email.

Speaker 1: (07:55)
My email is [email protected]. And if you want to connect with me on social media, um, Instagram's probably the most accessible, accessible, is that the right word accessible? Um, but that's the problem. Probably the place you can find me, the easiest is in my profile is Dolly Denson. I also have a podcast profile called be that mom movement podcast. Okay. So check me out in one of those places, um, if you would like to connect, but at the end of the day, I just want you to know to please have hope. Um, don't lose hope, please have faith. Um, and just know that you're not alone. We are unified in this, no matter where you are in the world. I am linking my arms with you. And together we are going to create such a mega strong foundation for our kids. And we're going to fight back against all these tech companies and all these influence in our influences on our kids.

Speaker 1: (08:48)
Remember I said, I can't talk. And that, um, because of the difficulty of this, um, our kids are going to know with such fierceness, how much we love them when you know, they get older and they can actually see that. And they are going to be the most amazing adults on the planet. They are going to be so independent. They're going to be so innovative with what they can do. They're going to have so many opportunities at their fingertips because of the digital world and because we have guided them to use it responsibly and to use it, um, to help them to grow and to be strong and confident adults. Okay. I hope this was so, so helpful for you and that it has provided you mega hope. And I hope that you are linking arms with me, and no matter where you are in the world, you are going to be that mom strong. Okay. Have a fabulous rest of your day, whatever day it is. It is that you are listening to this and I'll chat with you next time.