It hurts to be pushed out of the womb and be born, too. But that's the way it is. We leave the comforts of what we know for the reality of harsher circumstances and yet we survive, thrive and carry on as our biology has designed it.

Their comes a time when a child has to make the break from dependency on a parent to being on their own. That is the dynamic we are discussing no matter what causes the break. Blaming the parent for 'doing it wrong' is judging without having the deeper understanding of how things work throughout history on every continent. We may hope for the easiest transition, but whether we get what we want or not, it doesn't discount what still needs to be done...launch!

We 'get to' choose as adults whether we are going to go through life as bitter or better.