I'm Dr.
Becky and this is Good Inside.
Here's something I hear a lot from parents.
I want to give my kids everything or I want to be everything to my kids.
It is sort of a deeper fear on some level that I'm depriving our children of something when I know in my heart that two loving parents who or so devoted to them,
they're lucky to have that with us.
I don't think I'm depriving them,
but I guess there's this sort of underlying fear that I don't address often about how can I address,
if there is something lacking in their lives, how do I address that?
And in this case, is it that there isn't a woman every day there for them?
I recently sat down with two dads of twin toddlers.
to talk about their concerns about making sure their kids have meaningful relationships with women,
about helping them understand that they don't have a mother,
and about being prepared for the tricky questions that will inevitably come their way.
Here's what's interesting and I think applies to all of us.
What our conversation ended up really centering on is reframing the limitations we have with our kids and rethinking the idea of being everything to anyone.
We'll be right back.
Hi, Jeremiah.
Hi, Pierre.
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