Make no mistake...the fact that one grows self aware does not suggest that excess baggage unloads all at once. Self awareness is an on-going path. And once on this path, it's wise to shed defensive layers, little by little, step by step. Otherwise, we might glance into a mirror and freak out upon catching a glimpse of inner furies staring back—daring us to acknowledge those times when we are kettles calling pots black
If we don't learn how and when to acknowledge fear and deposit anger in the proper place, we 'teach' small fry to toss around more litter than we know.
If ducklings instinctively waddle in line then families who follow this path of self awareness may be more apt to embrace insights into personal growth at earlier stages than ducklings whose role models unknowingly stunt their own growth by repeatedly knocking their heads into denial's invisible ceilings and walls.
In short, if you see behaviors in your kids that you're still blind to in yourself, not to worry.
Leopards can't change their spots, and Old dogs can't learn new tricks, but we, my friends, are people.
So as long as you're on this side of the grass then it's not too late to see something about yourself to which you've been blind, until now.
At every stage of life, 'youngsters', who watch their parents working to unload painful baggage, instead of tossing it indiscriminately around, are lucky ducks for many reasons, indeed. :-)
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