Do you ever feel like you could be really screwing you kid up?

If you are a parent of course.

I have the perfect son and often look at myself and think how did he end up so perfect? There are times though when I look at him and cant help but think what if I have ever done any damage to him.
When he was younger, me and his mother who are now separated went through one hell of a messy break up that went to family court and had to deal with police and the whole nine yards.
I hope he doesn't remember any of that because well it was bad.

Maybe that is apart of being a parent, just second guessing yourself no matter how perfect your child is to you, You cant help but feel you are one step away from messing them up so much.

Being a parent truly is the most rewarding thing in my opinion but also the most stressful torturous thing you could ever do to yourself

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redredred · M

Raising children is like learning to play the violin on stage at Carnegie hall. No one gets it perfectly right. Three out of ten is a great average in baseball. Shooting for perfection is pointless.

LeopoldBloom · M

@redredred Your children don’t come from you, they come through you. Khalil Ghibran

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

they mess you up, your mum and dad.
they don’t mean to, but they do.
they give you every fault they had,
and add some just for you
😀

LeopoldBloom · M

@newjaninev2 But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats
Who half the time were soppy-stern,
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can
And don’t have any kids yourself.

Philip Larkin. One of my favorites. The antinatalist anthem.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@newjaninev2 These lyrics work really well when sung to the theme tune of 'Last Of The Summer Wine'. (Brit tv show)

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