Our children change us:whether they live or not.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Having children fundamentally alters a parent's identity regardless of the child's outcome.
- In plain terms
- Children change you no matter what happens.
- What can you take from it?
- Parenthood transforms you.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How has parenting changed you?
- What transformations do you expect from family?
Another view
Not everyone who becomes a parent feels changed in a significant way.
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