Self-Care
I choose to take responsibility for this life
What if parenting needed its own ritual, like marriage vows? Reflections on naming responsibility, and why that step often gets skipped
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Yvo
Founder, Parents4Parents · Apr 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Picture an exhausted dad standing in a dark room with the kind of resigned determination of someone who has already accepted the night shift.
Sleep music is playing in the background, with highly debatable effectiveness. The stroller moves slowly back and forth.
My son had a fever. A cold. A blocked nose. He was clingy. Uncomfortable.