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Poet Maya Angelou once wrote, “I’ve learned rosy people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Make sure your children feel your love more than anything else.

Relinquish your children to God’s care. “God, I release my children to your loving care and tender mercies.”

Cs Lewis wrote, “hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.” Your child’s failures may well become the foundation for a whole new life. This is the power of redemption.

Whenever we experience loss, we need to grieve it. If we don’t grieve the relationship we once had with our children, we won’t be able to embrace the new relationship we want to have with them.

The best decision is always one that does not enable dependencies

Be your child’s biggest cheerleader

You must love them enough to let them go.
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Hard as it is, the role you play in your children’s love must diminish in order for them to transition from adolescence to responsible adulthood