Aug 4, 2026 · 16 min · 11 segments
*The moment you become a mother, everyone suddenly has an opinion about how you should raise your children — the relative at Thanksgiving, the mom in the pickup line, the account you follow who's…
Rita HernandezHost
Have the acquaintances, the coffee dates, the school pickups, chit chat, the group texts.
There's a difference between the people in your life and the people you invite to counsel you.
There's a difference between someone you enjoy and someone you hand real authority to, someone whose voice you let shape how you raise your children.
Opening the door to just anyone when it comes to guiding you, counseling you, speaking into your children's lives, go slowly.
That's a different thing entirely, and we are not nearly careful enough about it.
Because the truth is the people who speak into how you raise your children are helping to write the story of who those children become.
That is a seat at the table and a seat at the table should be earned, not just handed out to whomever speaks the loudest or posts the most.
So let's talk about who shouldn't automatically get the seat and then who should.
Have the acquaintances, the coffee dates, the school pickups, chit chat, the group texts.
There's a difference between the people in your life and the people you invite to counsel you.
There's a difference between someone you enjoy and someone you hand real authority to, someone whose voice you let shape how you raise your children.
Opening the door to just anyone when it comes to guiding you, counseling you, speaking into your children's lives, go slowly.
That's a different thing entirely, and we are not nearly careful enough about it.
Because the truth is the people who speak into how you raise your children are helping to write the story of who those children become.
That is a seat at the table and a seat at the table should be earned, not just handed out to whomever speaks the loudest or posts the most.
So let's talk about who shouldn't automatically get the seat and then who should.
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