dream as metaphor for the full parenting process

In the dream we were in front of the house and he was running from near where you were, along the sidewalk toward me. I tried to catch him and called to him but he didn't listen and he was moving faster than I could catch him, much faster than I expected. That part of the dream ended as he ran into traffic and across the road. The same dreamspeed logic through which he evaded my grasp allowed him to dodge cars as he crossed the street to safety, or out of our care and into the world.