Many parents want their kids to have a better life than they do: a better education, to develop their unique talents and potential, a rewarding career, marriage if they choose, a child/children when and if they want one/them, a satisfying life, financial security, time for fun, a healthy mind and body, and a long life.
Looking back on our lives, we appreciate the good things and accept what we cannot change. We analyze how we could have made better decisions. We want to help our children realize the many choices they have and enable them to make the best decisions. To end up like us may not be so bad; to end up worse off than us would not be our dream.
Looking back on our parents' lives, we appreciate the good things and accept what we cannot change. We may wish they had made different decisions regarding our childhood but realize they probably did the best they knew how.
Whatever we feel we missed out on in our childhood, whatever we didn't do that we could have, we may still have the time and opportunity to change the way we want to end up.
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