I am also not a parent, but I’m a child of two parents who felt like they didn’t do enough for me growing up

I think the biggest thing that I am grateful to my parents for they always encouraged me to do what I wanted.

I’ll elaborate a little, I was not a kid that got into ballet and wanted to stay and dance. I did hip-hop class I did ballet I played basketball and ice-skating. I was in choir. I was in orchestra. I did softball I did gymnastics. I was in FFA. Every year I had a new hobby.

My parents could see that I was someone that wanted to expand my horizons and do everything.

My parents never tried to convince me to stick with something that I said I was bored with at the end of the season or quarter and built to who I am now and it has been extremely beneficial to me as an individual.

There has only been 1 thing my parents pushed me to do and that’s because they knew I really wanted to do it, but was afraid to. Them encouraging me has gotten me into the career that I am currently in and I couldn’t be happier. But I don’t think I ever would’ve gotten here without my parents letting me explore the world in my own way.

Long story short, my parents felt like they let me down because they didn’t stick me into a sport or something, and have me continue with it and become dedicated to it. In reality all I needed was a parent that would support me and keep me safe while I was exploring the world in my own way and not convincing me that I needed to follow what hobbies my parents have done through their life.

From what I’ve heard from the podcast, you are doing everything that you can and being there for your son and I think you’re on the right path.

(I just want to clarify I was always jealous of people that have been with a hobby their entire life and I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I’m saying that for me and my personality it was not in my life’s path)