Parenting 101

I spent the day with three different generations of parents today. We were each about a decade apart in our process. We each shared stories of some very happy times with our kids, and we all had at least one heartbreaker story. There was one common thread in all of our stories. Each of them had an element of letting go. 

When children are adults, there comes a time in the relationship when a series of events play out, and it becomes time to move in separate directions. For the parent this is extremely challenging because up to this  point, there has never been a time to move in an opposing direction. However, it is important to make the move away or the child will never really learn to fend for themselves. When it comes to parenting, there may be no greater lesson.