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So I went to the mall recently to exchange the snowflake ring my dad gave me to mark my one year since my accident. I love the ring I just needed one size smaller. It\u2019s was easy to fix, but here\u2019s the thing I noticed about malls.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not against malls, I do sometimes (rarely) go to the mall with my friends, but here\u2019s the thing.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t bring your infant or don\u2019t drag your 5-year-old to the mall.<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t bring your kids to the mall! Sure you can dress your kids super adorable but you don\u2019t have to bring them to the fu*king mall!<\/p>\n If you want to do something fun for you with little kids take them to the mountains, on a hike, to the skate park! Don\u2019t take them to the fu*king mall!<\/p>\n If you can\u2019t take your kids on a long hike or skiing take them to the park! Parks are free and every single person has access to a park where kids can run around, hula hoop, and play on swings.<\/p>\n My mom never took me to the mall as a baby, when I was around 10 I would occasionally go into stores downtown, and when I was around 15 (I honestly don\u2019t remember).<\/p>\n I went to a mall for the first time with my friends. I was never taught shopping was bad, I was just never exposed to it. I think exposing your children to malls when their brains are developing is what\u2019s wrong with our society. We are teaching kids to be consumers before they can even talk!<\/p>\n So here\u2019s the thing, next time you want to go to the mall with your kids go hiking instead. Or if you do have hippieish tendencies like my mom pat yourself on the back. You are doing the right thing by bringing your kids outside. Every mom needs to give their kids a #fairstart. Instead of \u201clet\u2019s go shopping!\u201d \u201cLet\u2019s go skiing\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I went to the mall recently to exchange the snowflake ring my dad gave me to mark my one year since my accident. I love the ring I just needed one size smaller. It\u2019s was easy to fix, but here\u2019s the thing I noticed about malls. I\u2019m not against malls, I do sometimes (rarely) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
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