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When you realize you've been parenting your own childhood wounds

My teenage daughter wants to quit violin after eight years because she says she only did it to please me, and I'm realizing I might have been living my own unfulfilled dreams through her achievements.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between supporting a child's potential and projecting one's own unmet needs becomes painfully visible.

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