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<blockquote data-quote="Sam3" data-source="post: 718217" data-attributes="member: 19290"><p>I agree there are not any easy answers, and we can only do our best and hope the best, and work hard to understand ourselves and them, and their motivations and the sh--t we brought to the table, and what is innate and what is environmental-- what they're truly capable of and what is sincere and what is manipulation, and on and on........</p><p></p><p>But it seems at the end of the day that the outcomes are just as often happy or tragic turns of events. That's so hard to accept, but I'm trying to find a certain peace in it. </p><p></p><p>It helps me to think they want to win and have good lives even though they have ridiculously myopic views, that seem self destructive, even. And that we parents are playing the long game, with hope -- which sometimes means only grim acceptance so that we can survive another day to hope. And that both generations can sense the others' intentions, even when we can't see them. All of which means we are doing our utter best without any guarantees. That's scary and courageous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sam3, post: 718217, member: 19290"] I agree there are not any easy answers, and we can only do our best and hope the best, and work hard to understand ourselves and them, and their motivations and the sh--t we brought to the table, and what is innate and what is environmental-- what they're truly capable of and what is sincere and what is manipulation, and on and on........ But it seems at the end of the day that the outcomes are just as often happy or tragic turns of events. That's so hard to accept, but I'm trying to find a certain peace in it. It helps me to think they want to win and have good lives even though they have ridiculously myopic views, that seem self destructive, even. And that we parents are playing the long game, with hope -- which sometimes means only grim acceptance so that we can survive another day to hope. And that both generations can sense the others' intentions, even when we can't see them. All of which means we are doing our utter best without any guarantees. That's scary and courageous. [/QUOTE]
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