Darrell Jones
College Park
“What I would do differently from my parents when it comes to raising my kids, I have a daughter, and so I think I would be more open to conversation, you know, and be in a place where, you know, my daughter can come and talk to me about any and everything. My daughter is 23 now, so what I really would like to have done, or what I’m doing now, is interacting and talking with her more. And that’s something that I wish that you know, my dad would have done more with me and, you know, my mom.”
Danielle Russell
Atlanta
“What I would do differently from my parents in raising my children is be more loving and softer. My parents were disciplinarians, and I felt I had to earn everything like nothing was given. It made me less entitled, but it also made me feel like I don’t deserve anything without working for it, which essentially makes me a bit of a slave and not receptive to somebody showing me love genuinely. So, I wanted to do that for my kids, like show them what love looks like because sometimes I don’t know because I had to earn everything.”
Kelsey Rivers
Atlanta
“What I would change is when you want to tell your kids yes or no or why they can’t do something, they explain why they can’t because kids are smarter than you think, and they can understand reasoning. That would be something that I would change if I were raising kids today.”
Faith Maima
Atlanta
“I would ensure my children know how to deal with their emotions through meditation and sound healing. I would treat both genders, female and male, the same. Males and females are not treated the same. So, if you have more than one child, it can be challenging. So, I don’t want to play favoritism. And I wouldn’t put my hands on my children. I would ask them to think about what they’ve done and find other, you know, harmless approaches for that.”
