Parenting is a tricky business. For the first 20 or so years of your child’s life, your job is to teach and guide them, often giving unsolicited advice and overriding their choices. Then comes the day they grow up and are on their own and you have to loosen your grip and get to know your kids as independent adults. That’s not always easy. The hard part is letting go of the control. Not that parents necessarily want to control because they think their child is incapable, it’s because they’re concerned about their child’s welfare and think they can help by sharing their own personal experiences so their child won’t make the same mistakes. But everyone needs to make their own mistakes and learn from them – that’s part of a person’s necessary and ongoing growth process.
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