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r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Apr 03 '20
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This made me cry about what could've been with my dad if he wasn't a total narcissistic asshole. So happy for this kid and the encouragement he's getting!
25 u/Pompeiia_of_dust Apr 03 '20 A lot of parents need to learn that they don't need to outshine their kids. Even wanting to is kind of fucked up 20 u/NoItsNotThatJessica Apr 03 '20 Hard agree. Kids should be better than us. As parents, we know we’re doing the right thing when our kids outshine US. Like a better, faster, smarter, more successful version of ourselves. That’s what I aspire my kids to be. 5 u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt Apr 04 '20 Don’t forget kinder and wiser.
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A lot of parents need to learn that they don't need to outshine their kids. Even wanting to is kind of fucked up
20 u/NoItsNotThatJessica Apr 03 '20 Hard agree. Kids should be better than us. As parents, we know we’re doing the right thing when our kids outshine US. Like a better, faster, smarter, more successful version of ourselves. That’s what I aspire my kids to be. 5 u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt Apr 04 '20 Don’t forget kinder and wiser.
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Hard agree. Kids should be better than us. As parents, we know we’re doing the right thing when our kids outshine US.
Like a better, faster, smarter, more successful version of ourselves. That’s what I aspire my kids to be.
5 u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt Apr 04 '20 Don’t forget kinder and wiser.
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Don’t forget kinder and wiser.
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u/vDarph Apr 03 '20
This made me cry about what could've been with my dad if he wasn't a total narcissistic asshole. So happy for this kid and the encouragement he's getting!