Explore the vital role parents play in uplifting their children and encouraging their growth. Discover why fostering independence is essential for nurturing confident, self-reliant individuals. Ryan discusses the dangers of complacency and selfishness within family dynamics, emphasizing the importance of continuous self-improvement for parents. Learn how to strike a balance between offering support and letting kids carve their own paths.
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Lift Them Up
Lift your children up and push them forward.
Never hold them back from opportunities for growth.
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Parental Obstacles
Parents often hinder their children's progress due to fear, lack of belief, or selfishness.
This can manifest as discouraging education or personal growth.
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Burdensome Parents
Parents often burden their adult children with their unresolved issues.
This can strain relationships, especially marriages.
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"Family is wonderful. None of us would be here, the writer Aaron Thier once put it, if people hadn’t taken care of us when we were small. Somebody birthed us, raised us, drove us to school, kept us safe.
So naturally we feel an affinity and obligation to our family, as we hope our own children will. Being around them is comfortable. It’s familiar. It’s primal. But it’s also important that we realize, as we get older as parents, that we always remember that our job is to lift our children up, to push them forward, and never to hold them back. That’s why we have to work on ourselves. That’s why we can’t get complacent or selfish."
Ryan talks about the importance of teaching your kids to eventually live their lives independently.
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