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Marian Hukom/Rappler

Being a parent I quickly learned is about being there present, staying close, and letting go. And you typically have to be doing all three at the same time.

The truck was more than a mile away coming toward us on the opposite lane. But my son shifted to that lane too early, with too much distance between us and the car in front of us. He slowed down and carefully moved back to our lane.

The timing was wrong. He had to wait for another chance to try again to overtake the car in front of us.