The Worry About Being Ready Enough
La Preocupación de No Estar Suficientemente Preparado
A student and new parent shares a concern about not having resolved enough of their own difficulties to properly support their child through challenges ahead.
The Worry About Being Ready Enough
A student and new parent shares a concern about not having resolved enough of their own difficulties to properly support their child through challenges ahead.
I've been curious about his experience. He doesn't really have many stories yet, I don't think. I wonder what's happening for him when he's completely losing it sometimes. I do sometimes worry about not having worked through enough of my own baggage to properly help him with his challenges as he meets them.
That's a natural worry, but it's fine. It's fear.
Yeah, right?
The work is the preparation
Just keep doing the work you do and trust. That worry can itself become its own block. It's just fear. Keep going.
Do you have any thoughts or advice around teaching this kind of stuff to him early?
Big no. Focus on you. You already know.