I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good inside.

Here's something I hear a lot from parents.

I want to give my kids everything.

Or I want to be everything to my kids.

It is sort of a deeper fear on some level

that I'm depriving our children of something.

When I know in my heart that two loving parents who are so devoted to them,

they're lucky to have that with us.

I do, I don't think I'm depriving them,

but I guess there's this sort of underlying fear

that I don't address often about how can I address

if there is something lacking in their lives, how do I address that?

And in this case, is it that there isn't a woman every day there for them?

I recently sat down with two dads of twin toddlers

to talk about their concerns

about making sure their kids have meaningful relationships with women,

about helping them understand that they don't have a mother,

and about being prepared for the tricky questions

that will inevitably come their way.

Here's what's interesting, and I think applies to all of us.

What our conversation ended up really centering on

is reframing the limitations we have with our kids,

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