The chapter delves into the crucial role of self-improvement in parenting by addressing personal issues through therapy like body image and addiction. It also sheds light on how parents sometimes use their children as excuses, urging a reevaluation of priorities to balance personal aspirations with parenting duties.
Every parent knows that kids make a great excuse. When people ask us to do something we’d rather not do, if we need a way to get out of a commitment we mistakenly agreed to, we have the perfect out: Sorry, something came up with the kids. Sorry, I can’t, I have to grab the kids.
If we’d actually wanted to, we’d have found a way. But they don’t know that!
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