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Because I'm grounded in myself, I don't try to helicopter parent or take care of their problems for them.
I listen and ask questions about their experience, while not inserting my projecting my own opinion or experience onto them.
AdvertisementI prioritize apologizing to my daughters when I mess upWhen my daughters were little, I dealt with a period of undiagnosed postpartum depression.
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