There’s Something About Them That I Hate About Myself

happen when we see things in them that we know are present in ourselves. We

pass along characteristics and behaviors to our kids and, when we aren’t proud

of what we’ve passed along, have a negative reaction. 

of these in my kids is competitiveness. My wife and I are both competitive. While

my wife is competitive at board and card games, I am competitive across a wide

range of things…like merging into traffic. When my kids display those

characteristics, I have to recognize that I passed that along to them.