#ParentLifeUnscRxipted: Coping with growing children

#ParentLifeUnscRxipted: Coping with growing children

My father recently shared a quote with me that stopped me in my tracks: “The hardest part about being a parent is realizing you’re raising the ones you can’t live without, to live without you.” As adults, we rarely consider how our growing independence may affect our parents. After all, raising self-sufficient kids is the goal, right? But now, as a parent of growing children myself, that quote hits differently. With our older son Jacob’s fifth g…