If only our children had the same capacity to internalise their mistakes, like we torment ourselves for ours. My son appears to have no conscience or at least as far as I can tell.
‘I didn’t ask to be born’ - a sentiment that’s weaponised by our ungrateful, entitled teens.
The reality is if children of drug addicted parents or those who have been abused and neglected can make a success of their lives, there should be no stopping ours.