The Parenting Puzzle
Wrestling with the best way to raise kids
Oscillating between being a helicopter parent
Or letting them find their own way
The middle road sometimes not apparent
We all brandish our own brand of baggage
Coloring our view of how the world looks to us
Don’t want to fill their backpacks with our fears
Before they even get on the school bus
Still sharpening my pencil as I ponder
Lately been thinking less is more
Maybe my job is to encourage curiosity
While providing them a safe vessel to explore
Let them make their own decisions
Ascertaining independently what to see
The world needs our kids to be who they are
Not who we want them to be
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