Parenting is one of the most difficult challenges we will face in our lives. It is way, way harder than pedaling a bike up a steep hill. We never know when the terrain will level out, and when it does, it doesn’t stay level for long. Sometimes we’ve only just caught our breath and then we must embark again, without choice, on the next climb of indeterminate length. Sometimes, there isn’t a long enough rest period for the fond feelings toward our coparent to return, or for us to take in the sweeping vista. Instead we are mired in negative feelings, with righteousness and confusion and
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