Some of the worst pain, in fact, can stem from the things we failed to do, or the errors we made that our kids have seen, or the rotten habits we failed to conceal and our kids have now made their own or decided very aggressively to reject. Children bear witness to some of our most shameful behaviors and worst mistakes. Most parents can tell you with grim precision what they were, and the pain those habits and episodes inflicted.
Ugh. Don’t look forward to these. None yet, but we have zero teenagers right now. ;)
