Rules for Boundaries: Your Mom-lecture for the Day
Boundaries as a term is bordering on being the new catchprase, clickbait even. You read it here first, kids. However, the concept is crucial for healthy living. Let's get ahead of the curve and set some now, before hipsterdom catches the wave. Realise that you have them. You always have had them; your first set was probably handed to you by adults you trusted as a child. This may or may not be problematic: the boundaries you were given may be inappropriate for you or you may have outgrown them. I'll give a personal example: I was taught that I should sit down, and if somebody wants me to have something they will give it to me. At some point, somebody who'd been handed different boundaries laughed at me and said, "If you want something, you have to ask for it," and was amazed that I didn't know this. Now we arrive at the next rule. Do not weigh or judge the boundaries of others . It may be best to start thinking of boundaries as an invisib...
