If you ask someone what they want for their child some will say a version of, “to be happy, to be healthy, to have what they need, to find love, to have a good job…” etc. My answer? No clue. That is up to her. She will choose her path. My job is help build, provide, show her the tools she will need to navigate this world. My wants for her have nothing to do with what she may want for herself. My mistakes with her have a negative impact only if I do not follow up on and talk about the negative emotions, or embarrassment, or pain.
Push do not shove. Guild do not make them follow. Stand and wait. Do not make them come. Provide. Do not force. We can do more with less, only defined by someone else saying x is more and y is less. Do not take control. Provide the means for them to have control.
My ego is not contingent upon an 8-year-old doing what I say. Why behave as if it does?
A Vegan Father… being an example.
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