And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed. you need to find an answer for every why — why do we do this? why don’t we do that? — and often there isn’t a good one. so you say, simply, because. or you tell a story that you know isn’t true. and whether or not your face reddens, you blush. the shame of parenthood — which is a good shame — is that we want our children to be more whole than we are, to have satisfactory answers.
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And Nothing Inspires As Much Shame As
And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed. you need to find an answer for every why — why do we do this? why don’t we do that? — and often there isn’t a good one. so you say, simply, because. or you tell a story that you know isn’t true. and whether or not your face reddens, you blush. the shame of parenthood — which is a good shame — is that we want our children to be more whole than we are, to have satisfactory answers.
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