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Ken's avatar

Focus on getting to know/appreciate your baby as a person and personality. It’s fun and amazing to see how my children have grown up through the years though looking back much of their personalities were already there from day 1. I think it’s natural to want to “mold” our children especially since we need to protect and teach them when they’re young and vulnerable. But that tendency to mold often brings unnecessary tension if we as parents overfit our expectations to who our children are actually meant to be.

Looking back, I would have wanted to spend less energy wanting them to do things in certain ways but that’s also part of my own personality/journey. Rather, continuously discover and appreciate who your child is from the start and seek to empower their uniqueness and passion.

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Michelle L Smith's avatar

Your child will enter this world knowing who they are. It is our job as parents to allow them the space to flourish. It's easy to decide who we THINK they are, based on what we want for them.

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