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0:00 most parents have great fantasies about who their children will grow up to be artists musicians scientists linguists they fantasize having endless moments of playing the perfect family with sunlight dappling Through the Windows it comes almost as a great Epiphany or great shock to the parent that the child that they have that they think belongs to them actually has their own will and
0:31 indomitable spirit and an unending resolve to manifest their own truth and when you realize that as much as you are here to teach them they are here to be your teachers they were born to be set free to a horizon that your eyes can never even fathom and your feet can never even reach [Music]
Summary
- Parents have fantasies about their children's futures, envisioning them in various roles.
- The realization that children have their own will can be a profound epiphany for parents.
- Children are born with their own spirit and resolve, independent of parental expectations.
- The relationship between parents and children is reciprocal; children also teach parents.
- Parents must learn to set their children free to pursue their own paths.
- The horizons children may reach can be beyond what parents can imagine or achieve.