“I just don't want to mess things up," she said. "What if we mess things up for him?" "We will, though. No one's perfect. Everyone's carrying something that their parents would have done differently if they'd known. Or if they'd been better people. Or if things had just been different. That's all right. It's normal. Part of why I am what I am is all the bad choices my mom and dad made, and if they'd done differently, they'd still have made some mistakes somewhere along the line, and those would be part of me instead. They weren't perfect, and we aren't perfect." "He is though." "He is, isn't he?” ParentingThe ExpanseLeviathan Falls Author:James S. A. Corey