All right, Mama push.

Perfect.

One more push?

There's a baby.

You have a baby now. Oh, my God. There is nothing you'll do in life that's more challenging, difficult and rewarding than being a parent.

Nothing with greater highs or lower lows.

Worthwhile meaning in your life is going to be found in the voluntary adoption of responsibility.

Voluntary self-sacrifice, that's the spirit of the functional psyche, family and community. What does it mean to be a father?

What does it mean to be a mother? You need to know very clearly what it is that you can do for your

children in order to help them live a life that's adventurous and responsible.

I've distilled the decades of my experience as a researcher and clinical psychologist

into the lessons every striving mother or father needs to learn.

If you've ever thought about becoming a parent or are a parent already, this series is for you.

Hello. I sat down recently with many mums and dads to personally discuss the situations they were facing with their children.

Our 13 year old, we spoiled the heck out of them.

My daughter came to tell us that her classmates were bullying her.

The question for me becomes, when do I pick him up and when do I make him pick himself up?

What lessons can you derive from today's discussion?

How do you operate effectively as a father stereotype that a mother secures and a father encourages.

You could say that a father is radically on the side of who the child could become,

and a mother is more radically on the side of who the child is.

And that's a nice dynamic, because when you're dealing with a child,

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