As a parent you want nothing bad to happen to them ever. As we've said before our job as parents is to root for them, it's to encourage them to become what they are. In Morgan Wade's new song she has a line about how all of your dreams are your parents' fears. It's worth saying the good life is on the other side of risk. No one gets it by playing it perfectly safe or protecting them from anything that can hurt them. Your perfectly normal desire to protect your kids is inherently at odds with this and it will be an easy tension or paradox or torture to navigate. But half the figure it out. Getting to know yourself could be a life-
There is an inherent tension, a conflict of visions even, at the heart of every family. They want to live happy, fulfilling, interesting lives, and as the parent…you want nothing bad to ever happen to them. Sure, you want them to be happy and have fun, but most of all, more than anything, you want them to be safe.
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