The podcast discusses how parents often use their kids as excuses, exploring the balance between personal aspirations and parenting duties. It also touches on self-improvement and reassessing priorities for better parenting.
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Improving personal well-being positively affects parenting and relationships with children.
Being mindful of not using children as constant excuses can lead to neglecting personal goals.
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Importance of Improving Self-Relationship
Improving the relationship with oneself is highlighted as crucial in enhancing relationships with one's children. Addressing personal issues such as body image, eating habits, traumas, addictions, and self-perception positively impacts parenting. Therapy is emphasized as a valuable tool to work on personal growth and become a better parent.
Avoiding Excuses Using Kids
Parents tend to use their children as excuses to avoid commitments or responsibilities. The podcast mentions being mindful of overusing this excuse to justify neglecting personal goals or well-being. Margaret Atwood's quote is referenced to emphasize the importance of prioritizing personal passions and not relying solely on parenting as a reason to abandon aspirations.
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Exploring Self-Improvement for Better Parenting and Reassessing Priorities
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!