A short personal reflection on parental regret and recovery. The speaker describes moments of self-doubt after parenting decisions, the emotional impact, and the practice of seeking advice from trusted friends to repair mistakes and soothe suffering.
When you make a decision as a parent and you go in the other room and go, man, I blew that. And it feels horrible, and it's horrific. It's not that so many people watching aren't parents, but there's a million of those moments that suck. And I want people to see that. I go outside and take a walk, and I'm mad at myself, and I contemplate why I did it. And I call a friend who I think is a great parent. I'll call my buddy Ethan, who happens to be here right now. Or I'll call somebody I admire in that space and say, I handled this wrong. What do you think? And that suffering, that pain, and then fix it, and then going in and fixing it.
