As parents, we must remember that our conduct, fears, aspirations, prejudices, desires, and preferences all get passed on to our children. Even when things may not be going well, we must try and not expose our paranoias and deep-seated regrets to our children. In my case, I channelised my inherited paranoia of ‘not having enough money’ positively into developing a relentless and ambitious drive, but things could just as well have gone the other way and I could have become a very negative person. I believe that we must expose our kids to our best side as much as possible. Our worst fears must
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