My husband and I have very different ideas about how much struggle our kids should face — I want to protect them from the financial stress I grew up with, but he thinks that made me soft and wants them to 'earn everything' like he did. We're constantly undermining each other and I can see our kids getting confused about what we actually value.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two parents are transmitting conflicting values about resilience and protection, creating confusion about what strength actually means.
“Where Are You with Parenting as legacy — what you pass through children?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.