My partner and I both had fathers who were emotionally unavailable but in completely different ways, and now we're expecting our first child and realizing we have no idea how to model emotional presence for a kid. We're both determined not to repeat what we experienced but we don't know what to do instead.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to give your child something you never received is complicated by having no template for what you're trying to create.
“Where Are You with Your Parents' Relationship and How It Shaped Yours?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.