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Why loving parents sometimes dream of escape

I love my kids but I fantasize about running away almost daily, and the guilt about having these thoughts makes me feel like a monster who doesn't deserve them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intensity of parental love can coexist with the human need for autonomy, creating a painful internal contradiction.

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