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When Being a Good Parent Starts to Feel Like a Performance

9/8/2026

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Parenting, Perfectionism, and the Pressure to Get Everything Right in Orange County

Most parents want to give their children a good life. We want them to feel loved and secure, develop confidence, discover what excites them, find meaningful friendships, receive a strong education, and eventually become adults capable of creating lives that feel like their own.

But somewhere between wanting the best for our children and trying to provide it, parenting can begin to feel like an extraordinarily high-stakes project.

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Who Are You When Your Children Need You Less?

9/2/2026

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Finding Yourself Again as Your Children Become Teenagers and Young Adult

For years, your children might have provided much of the structure of your life. There were school mornings, practices, appointments, homework, carpools, meals, problems to solve, and a seemingly endless number of things to remember.

It could be exhausting. But there was rarely much question about whether you were needed.
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Then something begins to change.

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