I wonder if you have ever felt as a father that parenting is sort of a direct way of engaging and discovering your shadow.

I find that I’m often the most critical of/judgemental of my children and their behavior (internally at least), and that when I stop to think about it, they are often doing things that either my wife or I do, whether that be in actions, attitude, ways of speaking, etc.

Watching my children, to me, is often like looking in the mirror.