Sitting at work, but I wanted to jot this down before I forget.
I've never been able to recall how I felt in the past easily. Like, when a high schooler asks me for college application advice, I'm quicker to say, "Dude, you'll be fine," then really empathize about how frustrating that process can truly be and how I struggled with that too. Perhaps even more than remembering past events, trying to put yourself in another's shoes and let your mind wander and imagine how different that environment, if you weren't born in a suburban neighborhood, if you didn't grow up in a good school district, if you didn't grow up in an Asian household...etc.
I think both of these are incredibly important. There's something beautiful about a parent who can recall how it felt to be thirteen, eighteen, or twenty three that may completely change their attitude and tone towards their child.
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