you are unique, sample size of one ;) you are 100% the woman you must be. measure your goals and accomplishments accordingly.
second, same goes for your children. to each his own -- as you have observed and learned and taught your children -- espec your "over achiever". stick with that lesson, come what may. no one can learn from the future after all.
finally, i'll confess my profound respect for your diary and parenting experience: you are fearless, actually, and prepared for change. but i'm also reminded of my own family and my one very young child. growing up, my parents more or less invited my brother and i to challenge their authority, reasonably; so i came to repspect myself as well as them as persons not figureheads or models. consequently, when i was pregnant, my greatest fear was that i might NOT like my child. love her, yes, but not like. (so far, i like her ;) and suppose the sentiment is mutual.) Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
when i was pregnant, my greatest fear was that i might NOT like my child
among my friends we have had many discussions that perhaps we should act more right wing than we actually are, so that our children rebel into people that we actually like. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
"These adults are all spouting bullshit ".
I still remember the day !
