My main struggle as a parent is distinguishing between giving them

- what they need

- what they want

- what i wish I’d had

I do ok where there is overlap.

But it’s challenging for me to handle the outliers.

They individually want and need different things than i did as a kid.

I just want for them to define success for themselves and achieve it.

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You’re doing great 💜

Tons of love is 99% of it, everything else is a rounding error

Those last two I feel are the toughest in our house, my wife & I are usually not one the same page as I felt like I had enough while she thinks they need more

When you have kids you realise that nobody is born a parent

I'm going to use positive reinforcement in high school too