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Michelle Obama's Advice to Parents
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3/25/2025
"Value her voice and let her speak." Michelle Obama talks about the strong values instilled by her parents that she embraces as a mom. (via Brut UK)
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My mother said, would always tell me, I'm raising adults,
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I'm not raising babies.
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So her philosophy was that we could understand a lot
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if she took the time to explain it.
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So it was never speak only when spoken to.
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She encouraged us to let our voices be heard.
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And I talked about this earlier today
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when I was with the girls at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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School, which we had a wonderful time.
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But one of the things that my parents believed
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was that my voice was relevant, and my opinions were meaningful,
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and my anger and frustration was real.
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And that's something that's important for parents
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of any socioeconomic background to realize.
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That was the gift that she gave me.
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I say that my parents saw this flame in me,
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that flame that would challenge my Aunt Robbie
00:59
and speak up for myself.
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And instead of doing what we often
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do to girls who are feisty, which
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is try to put that flame out to douse it ever just so
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because we're worried about them not being ladylike
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or to be being bossy, they found a way
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to keep that flame lit because they knew I'd need it later on.
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And to have that flame lit in a girl
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means that you have to value her voice and let her speak
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and learn how to use it with boundaries.
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Amen.
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Yeah.
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