108 SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 She didn’t actually need me to make her break - fast that day but doing it for her smoothed out the edges of a morning that was headed toward rough. And after I made those pancakes, I also packed I’LL KEEP DOING THINGS FOR MY KIDS THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES by Elizabeth Spencer Mom TO THE RESCUE T he other night, my teenager asked me, “I was wondering—and it’s totally fine if you say no—but I was wondering if maybe you could make me those oatmeal pancakes for breakfast tomorrow?” I could. And I did. Of course, she could have made her own break - fast. She does, in fact, make her own breakfast other mornings when I can’t and don’t.
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her a lunch and threw in a load of her dance laundry. I did some things for her that she can do for herself. I made life a little easier for her. Before anyone reminds me, I know I’m supposed to teach my kids to fend for themselves, to be independent, and, most of all, to not need me (much) anymore. According to a lot of articles I see out there in parent media land, I’m not “supposed” to do things for them they can do for themselves. And I understand. I get it. I even agree, mostly. We have these children to hold them, but we
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