It was a long time ago. It was really heated. They took it hard. Things were said. Things have not been good. You really screwed up. You’ve tried a few times.
Well, try again. It’s not too late.
As Dr. Becky has said (and talked about on the Daily Stoic podcast), it’s never too late to repair. It’s always worth trying again. You need to try again.
Because winning an argument with your kids is actually losing. Because it’s not their job to have a relationship with you—you’re the one obligated to them (in any case, that’s the only obligation that you can enforce: the one on yourself).
You know you could have handled it better. You know you wish you’d approached things differently. You know you miss them or wish things were better.
So apologize. Reach back out. Keep trying. Even if you don’t make much headway. Even if you don’t fully understand. Even if you’re hurt, too. There is nothing more important than this, than them.
Show them that you, at the very least, understand that.
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