This is a great point. I read somewhere that we parents are the generalists because we have more lived experiences than our children. However, our children are the specialists because they are the ones grappling with growing up issues at *this particular point in time*. Context is everything.

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AskSN Parents: Have you adopted your father’s parenting practices?

sometimes our parents raised us for them and we did not know how to face experiences in our life because we did not have enough preparation, in my case I try to give my children my experience and prepare them for life, for what they will go through, seeing the reality in the current context and knowing that I have already been there so the end result is known. I educate my children based on the education received from my parents but based on my experience at this time, which is totally different from the time in which our parents were young. 