My Kids Found Out I’m a Jerk

Robin Hopkins
Be Yourself
7 min readApr 20, 2018

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When my daughter was born, her skin was pale and pink, and she had the tiniest, most precious fingers and toes I had ever seen. When they put her on my chest, right after she popped out of me, the awe I felt was overwhelming.

Immediately, it dawned on me that we had a tremendous responsibility to this little human being. That meant my wife and I had to be perfect. Not just as parents, but as people too.

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