Do you have abandonment issues from your childhood?

Do you have abandonment issues from your childhood?

Did you feel abandoned growing up? Do you feel your parents may have been too busy for you?

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Bongani has slowly come to the realisation that he is the busy parent - he wakes up at dawn to go run, only to return home after the kids have already left for school. Then runs around like a headless chicken MC'ing, being on air, and in the evenings DJ'ing only to arrive at home when the children are fast asleep.

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He feels he often goes weeks without seeing his children, and it's hit home that this is similar to his upbringing, where he would hardly see his parents.

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As an adult now looking back, did you ever feel abandoned by your mom or dad because they may have been too busy for you?

Do you understand it now?

Main image courtesy of Inzmam Khan

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