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When parents realize they never aligned on their reasons for having children

Our teenage daughter asked us why we decided to have kids and we both gave different answers and then realized we'd never actually talked about whether we had the same reasons for becoming parents in the first place.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A child's direct question is exposing fundamental differences in how two people understood their decision to become parents.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The philosophy of parenthood — why and what for?”

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