Why do we put limits on our children? Of course, virtually all fathers think they are operating in their child’s best interests, but I am slowly realizing that most of us protect our children, at least in part, because we are either avoiding or coming to grips with our own anxiety. The more we argue that it is about the child’s safety, the more obvious it is that it is all about us. Children remind us, in delightful and painful ways, what it is to be a person.
