Regardless of your age, raising children is difficult. Inevitably, you have less real-world experience when you are younger. It's challenging to grow up with a developing child. While simultaneously raising oneself, you must also learn how to take care of a human being.
The judgment of society is there. But, being a mom at a certain early age doesn't mean your life's gonna be over.
In this episode, Doreen tackles how she handles, what she learned and how she overcame being a mom at a young age and talks about the intention of her book entitled Outsiders: A Journey to Belonging.
Key Points:
- Doreen Padilla- A Brief Introductory.
- Context of her becoming a Mom.
- Postpartum depression
- Being a young mom
- Isolation peace.
- The difference between having the first baby and the second baby.
- Support System
- Community that helps.
- Healing from a toxic relationship.
- Trauma that felt normal
- How Doreen and her husband met.
- It has to feel healthy and safe for the kids.
- Building a life with somebody.
- Sabotaging.
- It's okay to find someone.
- Being real while dating.
- Overcoming being a young mom.
- Bullying
- About the book
- Learning about Immigration
- Challenges they've experienced
- Impact of lack of empathy
- Racism
- What will happen next? (Next step Doreen will do.)
- Making a change for the future to be better.
- Not staying down when I feel down.
Check out and know more about her book, Outsiders: A Journey to Belonging.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578362945
