Sometimes the hardest part of parenting is letting go of the child we imagined and learning to understand the child in front of us. Before a child is born, most parents already have some picture in their mind. Maybe not a detailed plan. But a picture. We imagine their personality. We imagine the school they will attend, the activities they will enjoy, the subjects they will be good at and, sometimes, even the career they might eventually choose. We imagine a confident child.

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