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So maybe you've experienced this.

It's something that happened in our home.

You are at the end of the day, you crawl into bed, and then your mind starts to click and

whirl.

You begin to race through what you did wrong as a parent and all the mistakes that you made in, then you

might think I have to be the worst parent in the world.

Honest, it's happened to me, to my wife, to a lot of parents parents I know and we're here to help you with that guilt

I'm John Fuller along with Danny Werta head of our parenting department and Danny I mean you're the head of the parenting department in focus so you are I mean you're the perfect

parent you've never experienced any guilt what's it like being on a pedestal like that?

Well first I'm very far from perfect we We'll admit that right now, right up front.

And I'm smiling because people think, oh, you work at focus,

so your kids must be perfect.

Sort of like, live in my world for a day.

You know, that question has come up.

And I'm a therapist as well.

So that's come up.

Hey, you're a therapist, you must know the answer to this.

Doesn't mean you do it, huh?

And really what happens is we all have that vulnerability of guilt and also we all are in in our thoughts many times

that's probably the place where I've had the most guilt is where I haven't been

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