Parenting and stress seem to just go together. Stress is a modern affliction but it's also always been like this. Marcus Aurelius wrote about stopping that very human, very natural extrapolation that we do as parents. Focus primarily on what is in front of you. Resist the impulse to add judgment or speculation on top of what you are dealing with because that alone is sufficient.
Parenting and stress seem to just go together. Anxiety, concern, they follow too. There’s always something we are tracking, something we’re worried about. If our son’s grades don’t get better, it could mean he won’t get into college. It could be confirmation of that learning disability we’ve been told about. Your daughter was tired yesterday and now you just heard her sneeze–is she sick? Oh no, we cannot afford to get sick right now.
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