Parenting isn’t always easy, but it’s always an experience worth savoring.

Having kids has a way of bringing out our least patient side. For the Waking Up members in this video, eye rolls, meltdowns, and bedtime battles are daily mindfulness tests. But Sam Harris’s lesson “The Last Time” has given them perspective“When is the last time you will pick up your child, or tuck her into bed, or read her a story?” The question doesn’t make raising children easy, but it helps these parents savor the experience.