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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are now in college and middle school.

I love being hugged by my kids. The greatest joy of my life is to be a mother. I have rarely needed space they couldn't give me. When they used to visit me in the bathroom as toddlers, it was fine. They learned to entertain themselves early, but I loved to read to them and do all the voices and theatrics.

There is a wide range of normal parental emotions, OP. Whatever you feel is OK, and you can be the parent you want to be, as far as your children and your wallet are able to adjust.

Also, most parenting (and indeed, all "self-help") books are crap you already knew. Best to borrow, not buy.
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Whoosh.[/quote]

The point is that mothers shouldn't feel guilty for their feelings and instead they should parent they way they want to, not the way they believe they're supposed to (with bounds of safety and reason). We're all different. Of course our parenting styles are going to be all different. Some of us love that closeness with our kids, and do our own thing and don't feel guilty for a single second because we're confident in our parenting. OP feels differently, and she needs to forgive herself and be happy with the development of her own parenting.

So whoosh to you, silly.[/quote]

You didn't read the link, and it shows. "Silly"[/quote]

Dear Lord. We're not addressing the book because it's crap, the article is crap, and this should be obvious to you.

Are you the author? Just stop.

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This is OP and I am not the author -- I found the interview really interring and have liked a lot of AHP's book recommendations in the past. I thought it would be nice to have a conversation on a parenting website about the ideas in the interview.

If you aren't interested in it, that's fine. But you clicked on this thread, did NOT read the linked interview, then said a bunch of stuff that wasn't really on topic and not really relevant, including trying to advise me on how to feel about my own motherhood experience.

Please stop hijacking the thread. If you aren't interested in the book, you can just not participate.[/quote]

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