You are not alone in this. We parents have forgotten our way sometimes, too. I say this as the deeply committed, often flawed mother of three. When you were first born, each of you, our great glory was in thinking you absolutely distinct from every baby who had ever been born before. You were a miracle of singularity, and we knew it in every fiber of our being.
But we are only human, and being a parent is a very difficult job, more difficult than any other, because it requires the shaping of other people, which is an act of extraordinary hubris.
でも私たちもただの人なの。親でいるということはほかの何よりも大変なことなのよ。まわりの人が私の人となりを決めるの。それってとても傲慢なことでしょ。
ですが私たちはただの人間にすぎず、親であることは他のなによりも大変な務めです。それはこの務めが自分以外の人間を決定付けること、つまり傲慢不遜以外のなにものでもない行為であるからです。
凄くこなれていて、いい訳ですね!