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The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort of cookie-cutter version of me. At the same time, I want to make sure that I impart my sense of the world as an adult.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents.

I wish I could prevent my kids from making all the mistakes I've made. But I can't do that. No parent can.

I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.

I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into.

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people.