Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
Sounds like I was off a bit in my fundamental assumptions. Such is the inexperience of not being a parent. Empathy fails when we don't have the requisite experience with which to empathize. Next time, I'll keep my speculations private.
It was an understandable assumption. humanodon's perspective towards his mom is something most people grow up to realize. I don't need said daughter to "become aware of [my] selflessness" per se. Parenting is a kind of self-serving selflessness. My guess, though, is that most parents become aware of their powerlessness at some point. To slightly paraphrase William Glasser: the only control we have is through the strength of the relationship.