LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Happy New Year! As many of us start 2023 with high-achieving goals and resolutions in mind, I invite you to consider the opposite … lower your expectations. And then lower them again. If you know me and my relentless Type A(++), Enneagram 1 personality, this may sound like I have been abducted. But hear me out. In mid-2022, I tossed the idea out to our MetroFamily editorial team that, instead of striving for perfection, our goal should be B+. This came amidst health and family challenges for our team members that, coupled with often high-stress jobs, meant we were well on our way to burnout. Perfection isn’t a realistic goal, whether at work or as a parent, and we all (me included) needed to be reminded of that. Several months later, I received an email with a similar plea for parents: author, mom and education and psychology instructor Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe believes we should teach our kids to strive for B+s in the classroom as part of a larger mission to shape realistic expectations of future work-life balance. (Find more of Dr. Robyne’s revolutionary advice on page 46.) The repetition of this message stopped me in my tracks. The hustle culture isn’t healthy for me, and it isn’t healthy for my kids. I want my kids to know how to set boundaries and avoid burnout, how to value hard work over perfection and how to slow down to appreciate the world around them. Spoiler alert: that means I have to model this for them.
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Publisher Sarah Taylor Managing Editor Erin Page
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I get that this approach won’t be for everyone. Setting new year goals and resolutions is healthy and helpful for many. But if you’re a parent, like me, who needs to focus instead on giving yourself more grace this year, I’m cheering you on! In solidarity, THE PAGE FAMILY’S 2023 GOAL IS TO SPEND MORE INTENTIONAL TIME TOGETHER. PHOTO BY 3 BLESSINGS PHOTOGRAPHY.
Erin Page Managing Editor
ON THE COVER Cherryse is the winner of MetroFamily’s 2023 Cover Kids Search in the 10-12 age category! She is in the fifth grade at Classen School of Advanced Studies, and she enjoys singing, coding, making bracelets, swimming, acting, playing basketball and going camping with Girl Scouts. Read more about Cherryse and our other 2023 Cover Kid Search winners on pages 12-13. Special thanks to Oklahoma City Public Schools for providing the bus backdrop and location for Cherryse’s cover photoshoot!
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