You can only do your best and, another important thing that I see people not knowing, you're not always to blame for the mistakes your children make. You can do everything "right" and still have your kids turn out to be less than excellent.
I've known some folks who were great parents and their kids are monsters, in prison, or have been nothing but problems. I've known some absolutely shitty parents (I mean worse than even I was) and their kids are happy, health, productive, educated, and really good people. Some of them, I like better than I like their parents!
Lol, well I hope someday my children are liked better than me, many people don’t much care for me. I really do wish them a much better life than I have, and truth be told I’ve got a pretty great life. I may not have a formal education or a lot of money, but I’ve got a great wife and wonderful kids, I’m pretty god damn lucky to have that, even rich men don’t always get that.
Some things are more valuable than money and can't be purchased at any cost.
That is something that took me quite a while to learn.
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