Elizabeth Smart

Pretty much.

Or like if I went to my parents' house, I'd mostly be there to like hang out with my mom and my dad would be in and out and be like, oh, hi, dad.

So then when this happened, something really nice that came out of it was that it made me really establish my own relationship with my dad and not just piggyback it off of my relationship with my mom.

When I talk to him now, it's very intentional and not just like, oh, hey.

I actually asked my daughter if she wanted to watch it with me and she was like, no.

That's how parents are.

They know what happened.

I mean, they don't know like details.

Yeah.

But they know I was kidnapped and they know I'm like, no sleepovers ever.

Because of things.

And whenever I say no to something, they're like...

Why?

And I'm like, you know why.

It's to keep us safe.

I say I'm pretty cautious.

I also remind myself not only is it my job to keep them safe, but it's also my job to like prepare them properly.

For when they leave home, make sure that they know how to trust their gut and work through their emotions and figure out their own problems.

And so my natural instinct is to always like intervene and hovering around them.

And so I would say I fight a lot against my natural instinct.