Betsy Hicks Russ
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This isn't just about giving your child the best possible life.
It's about you having the best possible life as well, too.
And do you think that they want to be responsible for your unhappiness?
They don't want to look at you and have you say, I had to give up my life for my son or I can't do that because of my son.
Do you know how much guilt they feel over that?
So they want, when we are laughing and joyful and silly, that's what feeds them the most.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
I love what we asked him.
What slogan on a T-shirt would he want?
And he said, know what happens when you presume competence?
You don't make an ass of you and me.
Which I thought was great.
I think this is important.
We asked, how do you feel about not being able to communicate for so long?
And he spelled in my mind, that was the hand I had been dealt.
Doesn't do me any good to wallow over things that can't be changed.
At least my loved ones understood what they could of me.