Our children are fully different creatures than we are, and we are in their lives for a time in order to nurture them, love them, and nudge then in certain directions.
We simply must accept that they are loaned to us for a time and then they are released into adulthood.
When we believe this, we feel more joy and contentment in parenting them, we simplify our expectations of ourselves regarding parenting, and we experience a welcome levity in our relationships with them.
Meg Meeker
Thank you for this! Parenting two teen girls is certainly challenging at times.
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