There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.– Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib

My Take – At some point in every person’s life, they realize that their parents are mortal.  As parents, we have to keep up the facade of invincibility, omniscience, and omnipotence long enough that our children feel safe and can grow, but not so long that they never learn to stand on their own in the world.  This may be the hardest bit of finesse a person has to accomplish in their life.