At some point, every parent who set out to do it differently from their own parents has to sit with the discovery that doing it differently doesn’t mean doing it without harm — it just means producing a different set of things their children will eventually need to work through, and that humility is the beginning of an honest conversation with the next generation
I spent years convinced I’d break the cycle. My parents, well-meaning as they were, had their shortcomings. Too much criticism ...
