Comment ‘SALIHA’ for the full episode💛 “Everyone else has one” should never be…

If my child comes and says, Mama, everyone has a phone. I want a phone immediately. my God, my kid is the only one who doesn't have a phone in the class. , he's gonna feel left out. I don't want him to get bullied. I don't want him to feel left out. Nope, that's not where we're gonna operate from. Nope, that's fear.

Nope, that's not where we're gonna operate from. Nope, that's fear. That is not a value. What is my value? Why don't I wanna give him a phone? I want him to stay connected. I don't think a nine-year-old should have a phone. What does he need a phone for? It's just so they can show that they have a phone and so they can be popular. Being popular based off of things you own, not a value.

Being popular based off of things you own, not a value. And I don't wanna teach my child that just because everyone's doing it, you should do it too. That's not a good value. So that, if my children now know that if you come to me and say everyone's doing it, that's an automatic no.

that if you come to me and say everyone's doing it, that's an automatic no. You better come in with a really good reason as to why we're gonna do that, right? And so this is what I would say. What are your values? Become very clear about that. And why are you doing? Why are you saying yes?

And why are you doing? Why are you saying yes? Be very clear about that. This is where self-awareness comes in. I will not do it because everyone else is doing it because I will raise someone who dismisses their own sense center, their own set of values and just do what everyone. Today, it's a phone.

and just do what everyone. Today, it's a phone. Tomorrow, it'll be a Maserati you can't afford because everyone else around you has one. This is not who you are. So go back to who you are and operate from that place. Go back to your values and operate from that place. And yes, be gentle, kind, and firm.

Go back to your values and operate from that place. And yes, be gentle, kind, and firm.

And yes, be gentle, kind, and firm.