Parent and Happiness

Where is the source of happiness of parents?

Deepak Chopra tweeted:When you know yourself ,you access happiness at its source.

Parents tend to stop being human,they source their happiness in the happiness of their kids.Is it right? No! The parents should be happy with their kids but should not source their happiness in them.This will only bring lot of unhappiness to them as kids are also separate human beings who need their space.A parent should learn to grow with their kids and be matured when the kids mature to let them go .When I say ,let them go I do not mean literally but mentally.The parents can do this comfortably if they develop their source of happiness outside their kids.Both parents and kids have to develop -grow side by side forming a relationship that gives both of them space to grow -develop individual interests-activities away from each other.