On Emotional Presence and Imperfect Parenting

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 7:57 p.m.

Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente discusses the importance of "imperfect parenting.'\xa0 Ours is an age of external perfection, but when our son's fail to achieve the standards we set for them, our own anxiety can be the chief obstacle to our boys' thriving.\xa0 Emotional presence in an imperfect parent facilitates a child's thriving by subsuming him into that of his mother and father.\xa0 Hear our headmaster explain the importance of "quantity time," and the internal emotional disposition that can make this time a win, even if imperfectly.