"The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of its parents." - Carl Jung

I'm going to teach my son how to live and not have to carry the burden of my sacrifices from not living.
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askvinh

2024-04-14 15:07:32

yeah carl jung is a psychotherapist and he says the greatest burden a child must bear is the unloved life of it's parents i've grown up in my life hearing from my parents
sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice son i've sacrificed everything for you i've sacrificed my back for you i sacrifice my health for you i've sacrificed everything for you
so i grew up thinking that parenting is all about sacrifice so then when i started working making money i'd go
okay i need to work seven days a week i need a sacrifice for my son sacrifice moral my wife so then that created an unhealthy relationship with work for me then again i had to realise that no no we're in australia now this is a different situation i'm going to live my life i'm not gonna make my son feel like
my son has
the burden of my sacrifice
let's not do stuff for you i'm going to be a good dad
but i'm going to show you how to live