I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. That's what parenting is: You're not there for yourself; you're there for your offspring and everyone else around you.
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In raising children, life brings forth those things where you do what you should never have done and what I taught you never to do. And when my kids have done those things, I just kind of look at them and say, 'Now you know life.'
I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.
Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.
What I've learned about being a parent is how much you sort of secretly learn from everyone else and how valuable it is.
I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.
You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.
So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look back and I'm astonished at how I lived my life - it was totally self-involved.
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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