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fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThe people who grew up being described as the easy child are often the ones who, later in life, are quietly realizing they were never actually easy - they were just unseen - Silicon Canals
The label of 'easy child' often masks deeper issues of unmet needs and emotional neglect.
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fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoThe people who were praised for being mature as children and punished for being needy as adults, and the decades it takes to untangle which one was actually true - Silicon Canals
Maturity in children often reflects adult expectations, leading to long-term consequences for the child's emotional development.
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2 days agoI'm in my 60s and the hardest thing about being a parent wasn't the tiredness or the responsibility, it was watching my daughter expect good things to happen to her and realizing I'd spent my entire life bracing for bad ones, and I have no idea how to teach her something I never learned. - Silicon Canals
Anticipatory anxiety shapes perceptions and behaviors, contrasting the hopeful innocence of children with the cautious mindset developed through life experiences.
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fromFortune
1 day ago'Godmother of Silicon Valley' Esther Wojcicki, mother of the YouTube and 23andMe CEOs, shares her secret to raising future leaders | Fortune
Esther Wojcicki's parenting philosophy emphasizes learning through failure and fostering creativity, critical thinking, and kindness in children.
#childhood
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fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoChildren who grew up in the 1960s and 70s without structured schedules didn't just learn independence - they built an internal compass that modern children, supervised into adolescence, are rarely given the chance to develop - Silicon Canals
Children today have less freedom and fewer opportunities to solve problems independently compared to previous generations.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and I worked six days a week for thirty-four years, missed recitals, missed dinners, missed the kind of ordinary weekday mornings I can never get back. My son works remotely, logs off at five, and coaches his daughter's soccer team. I'm not angry at him. I'm grieving for myself. - Silicon Canals
Parenthood involves complex emotions, including pride and loss, as sacrifices made for children can lead to feelings of regret and deficit.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and I worked six days a week for thirty-four years, missed recitals, missed dinners, missed the kind of ordinary weekday mornings I can never get back. My son works remotely, logs off at five, and coaches his daughter's soccer team. I'm not angry at him. I'm grieving for myself. - Silicon Canals
Parenthood involves complex emotions, including pride and loss, as sacrifices made for children can lead to feelings of regret and deficit.
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fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoI'm 66 and I grew up in a house where my father worked sixty-hour weeks and never once told me he was proud of me - and I did the exact same thing to my sons before I realized the silence wasn't strength, it was a pattern I'd inherited like the color of my eyes - Silicon Canals
Emotional expression in father-son relationships can be deeply affected by generational patterns of communication.
fromPeople.com
5 days agoAmerican Mom Living in Greece Says the Country Restored Her 'Faith in Humanity,' but Reveals Biggest Culture Shocks (Exclusive)
"I was looking around in different Facebook groups, and I got connected to a world schooling Facebook group, and it was all about families who basically travel with their kids, and they teach them through traveling."
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6 days agoI'm 66 and my son asked me what I'd do differently if I could live my life again and I said "nothing" and it's the most dishonest thing I've said in years - because the real answer involves a girl from 1984 and a job I should have taken and a conversation with my father I should have had before the stroke made it impossible, but you don't hand that list to your child because it rewrites the math that led to him - Silicon Canals
Life is messy, filled with wrong turns and missed chances, contrary to the notion that every choice leads to a perfect outcome.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI've stopped being angry that my adult children rarely call, because I finally understand they're not ignoring me - they're just living the life I worked my whole career to give them, and that's both the proudest and loneliest thought I've ever had - Silicon Canals
Children are overwhelmed with responsibilities, not neglecting their parents.
fromTODAY.com
1 week agoNatalie Portman, 44, Announces She's Expecting a Baby With Partner Tanguy Destable
"There is a gratitude that when you're young, you don't necessarily grasp. And there's a calm and knowing myself: who I want to spend time with, what kind of energy I want around me that makes the experience so beautiful every day."
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