The Daily Dad Podcast - Remember How It Feels

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In the classic novel Bright Lights Big City, the narrator flashes back to the scene of his mother's deathbed. The walls between them fall away and they talk openly about things that they never managed to broach in life without embarrassment. As parents we have to remember this feeling. We can't wait until we're dying to let our kids in on the secret that everyone feels that way. They are not anyone's fault and with time they will dissipate.

In the classic novel, Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney the narrator flashes back to the scene of his mother’s deathbed. Battling cancer, aware the end is near, she takes just enough pain medication to be uninhibited but still lucid.

The walls between parent and child fall away. They talk openly of the things they never managed to broach in life without embarrassment. They talk about sex. They talk about love. They talk about their fears and worries. They shared their insecurities, their feelings of inadequacies.

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