The article reflects on a mother's journey as she embraced non-traditional paths for her children. After years of homeschooling and adapting to economic changes, she found that her kids thrived outside conventional definitions of success, such as traditional college or early independence. Instead, they pursued personal passions like photography and advocacy. This broader definition of success centered on health, wisdom, and happiness transformed her view of parenting, easing feelings of inadequacy, as her children became self-aware and fulfilled adults.
By opening up what success could mean, each of our kids also started defining it for themselves.
Our daughter is a photographer and globetrotter whose dreams have taken her from being at Ground Zero during the Turkey earthquake in February 2023 to being featured in magazines that showcase her art.
Rather than focusing on obtaining money and things, they are focused on health, wisdom, and happiness.
I used to wonder if I'd failed them... I realized that we could create a broader definition of success.
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