Sonia Gray
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Well, God, it's hard.
And quite possibly also caring for elderly parents.
I mean, I don't really know.
Everyone's situation is different.
But what I've found really helpful with my kids is to actually be really honest with what I struggle with.
And, you know, I don't have it all together.
I'm not that mum that's going to remember to pick you up at this time.
I'm going to be crap in a lot of ways.
But I love you so much.
And if you can love me with all my crapness, then we're good.
Because they are smarter than we think they are.
Yeah, well, yeah, yeah.
It gives you a language.
It gives you an understanding and then you can share that understanding.
And it takes a little while, but my kids are really, I mean, they're a little bit older now.
So, you know, perhaps, you know, when they were younger, they wouldn't have understood as well.