The wisdom we think we're teaching our kids? We need to hear it ourselves.

Reading to my 2 and 4-year-old every night, I've realised these aren't just bedtime stories - they're life lessons I desperately needed to hear.

Here are four of our favourite books and what they're actually teaching me:

🐠 The Power of Belief (Tiddler) - We all need that one person who believes our story matters when everyone else dismisses us.

🦁 Courage Reveals Truth (The Lion Inside) - Sometimes the thing that terrifies you is equally afraid of you.

🐨 Comfort vs. Growth (The Koala Who Could) - Nothing interesting happens in comfort zones. Life's unexpected challenges force necessary change.

🏠 Gratitude Through Perspective (A Squash and a Squeeze) - Where you are now is where you once wanted to be.

Bottom line: The gift of motherhood is that as we're raising children, they're quietly raising us too."

Listen for the unexpected wisdom hiding in your bedtime reading routine.