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Why Some Parents Struggle With Simple Presence

Both my parents were workaholics who showed love through providing rather than presence and now I don't know how to just be with my children without doing something productive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When love was consistently expressed through action rather than attention, being fully present without agenda can feel foreign or insufficient.

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