I’ve found that when they are able to make decisions for themselves, with support and guidance, they are happiest and most successful. I’m a different parent for each of my children. We each have different relationships, and those relationships have changed as my children have grown. They need different things from me, and I take seriously my responsibility to become the parent they need, while recognizing I haven’t always been the parent they needed. I feel so much gratitude that I get to be their parent, and so much regret for all of the times I got it wrong.
