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I just had a kid of my own and I’m finding some feelings of resentment towards mom.

Like, there were some times where I didn’t receive the supervision I needed, or where I wasn’t taught certain life skills (because she was so busy with my siblings) and I just can’t imagine letting that happen with my baby.

Did you ever feel this way towards your parents when you had me? If so, how did you deal with it?

Thanks Pop.

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[–] saimen@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For me it was both. I realized how bad some things really were like you but also understood and could forgive a lot of things better.

But anyways besides all the practical things about raising a child I want to leave these quotes here because I actually think the most important thing when raising a child is being as aware of oneself as possible.

“Whatever you repress, whatever you don’t recognize in yourself, is nevertheless alive. It is constellated outside of you, it works in your surroundings and influences other people.”

“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.”

~ Carl Jung

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Love these quotes and will consider them deeply.

Typical dad always quoting Jung ;)

[–] adminofoz@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Your dad quoted Jung to you, but was still that bad / absent?

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

I probably should have phrased it as “just like a typical dad, always quoting Jung” or something like that.