Tempted by Danger (The Danger Family, #1)

by Endiya Carter

“Please don’t fight me, Dymon. Just listen to me.” She paused. “Yesterday, I thought I was losing Declan. And it made me think about how I’d lost you already. It made me think about how I haven’t been the best mom to you. How I’d thrown you to the nannies, letting them deal with you. Truth is, Dymon…I didn’t connect with you. You were perfect…literally, perfect. I didn’t know how to be a mom to a perfect child.” “Why does everyone keep saying that? I wasn’t perfect.” “You didn’t cry when you came out. You potty trained yourself. You were reading on a fifth grade level in the third grade. Winning all types of competitions at twelve. Dymon, I still have the freaking computer that you built in the seventh grade. I didn’t know how to parent you because I felt like I didn’t have to. You were always independent. And then you hit puberty and instantly became mean. Resentful toward me and your father. I, well, both me and your father take responsibility for that. We should have been better parents to you.” I was speechless. “Declan laying in that hospital bed slapped me in the face like two bricks. I kept thinking what if something happened to you, and I never got to apologize to you. That guilt would eat at me for the rest of my life. And then it didn’t help when you came in there with a busted eye and a busted lip. You don’t have to accept my apology right now, but at some point, I hope you will. I’m going to do better unless it’s too late.” “It’s never too late, I suppose.”

Why do parents always think they don’t have to be there for the strong kids??