MSCollective — Consent
The Good Girl
Megan Soncksen Authenticity Body Autonomy Conditioning Consent Deconditioning Good Girl Conditioning Mental Health Motherhood People Pleasing Personal Essay Raising Daughters Self Discovery Women's Stories
Do you remember a moment as a kid when you learned it’s best to be The Good Girl? I can’t pinpoint exactly when that happened for me. Maybe that’s my foggy memory of childhood, or maybe it was so subtly conditioned into me that it would be impossible to narrow the moment down to one instance? My daughter and I decided to grab supper and her pick for the night was the local small-town bar and grill. She's 9, and giving her more authority in decisions is something I've been intentional about. This is a place where most folks know...