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What does it mean?
A rhetorical question suggests that parents remain immature until their children force them to mature.
In plain terms
Parents are just kids themselves until their children make them act grown up.
What can you take from it?
Parenting requires growth that is often involuntary.

Where it applies

  • family conflicts
  • child development
  • parenting advice

Putting it to work

  • understanding parent-child dynamics
  • encouraging maturity

Questions to consider

  • When did you realize your parents were human?
  • What forces us to grow up?

Another view

Not all parents struggle with maturity to the same degree.

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