To be filled with regrets about my parenting choices

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MontyTigger · 11/07/2024 12:12

Iam so upset with some of my parenting choices and beating myself up so bad.

I wish I could rewind and do things differently to have created better opportunities for my children.

How can I forgive myself?

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MrsSchrute · 11/07/2024 12:23

MontyTigger · 11/07/2024 12:22

Choices of schools
Pushing / encouraging focussing /excelling at specific activities/ music/ sports

What do you feel have been the negative outcomes of these choices?

MoveToParis · 11/07/2024 12:22

Also agree that it depends on the context.

I sent/didn’t send them to private school is probably salvageable.
I’m still with an abuser who abused them too, and I knew it. Not so much.

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MontyTigger · 11/07/2024 12:22

Choices of schools
Pushing / encouraging focussing /excelling at specific activities/ music/ sports

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Pantheon · 11/07/2024 12:21

It's never too late to repair - say sorry, do things differently now. That will still make an impact on your children and their relationship with you. We can't change the past but we can learn from it. Try and be kinder to yourself.

BrightNewLife · 11/07/2024 12:20

What kind of opportunities? Can you start doing them now? Who or what are you comparing yourself to?

Every day is a new day with children.

Comedycook · 11/07/2024 12:19

How old are your children? What did you do?

PrincessofWells · 11/07/2024 12:19

We can only do the best we can at that time, with what we've got. Hindsight is easy . . .

Elephant007 · 11/07/2024 12:17

You need more context

RandomUsernsme123456 · 11/07/2024 12:15

More info needed OP… what were the choices, what was the context those choices were made in and what was the result for your children.

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