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My Top Ten Challenges of Being a Parent
Oct 16, 2005

These are the hardest things for me as a parent; many of them

are my expectations of myself about what I need to do to be

a good parent, and the expectation are sometimes hard to meet.

  1. Being wise on a dime
  2. Being an anchor of equilibrium during difficult times
  3. Establishing trust and openness
  4. Letting go
  5. Trusting they will be safe -- letting go of fear
  6. Setting expectations that they help out young enough that they do!
  7. Setting reasonable parameters for acceptable behavior
  8. Over parenting -- it is good for them to see we are human
  9. Interrupted sleep (when they are young)
10. Feeling their pain
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Posted: Sunday October 16, 2005, 4:40 pm
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Tabitha R. (15) 		Wednesday March 8, 2006, 8:33 pm
I've only been a parent for four months and I already feel some of those :)

Kamilah H. (0) 		Friday July 28, 2006, 2:04 pm
a never ending job, but so rewarding, watching them blossom and getting bruised

Kate Blake-leonardi (4) 		Friday March 23, 2007, 6:00 pm
Never take parenting for granted. The day that God forbid your parenting duties are ripped away by the death of your child, parenting will be all you wish you could do.

ita c. (61) 		Wednesday February 20, 2008, 3:45 pm
11. Realizing that you have done all that you can.
12. Unconditional love.

Simone O. (0) 		Tuesday May 13, 2008, 10:55 am
This book helped mys ister tremendously: Parent Savvy: Straight Anwers to Your Family's Financial, Legal & Practical Questions! For a first time mother. It's from Nolo Press http://www.nolo.com. The other helpful title was Busy Famiy's Guide to Estate Planning, if you need one. ;-)

Northern N. (122) 		Saturday October 25, 2008, 10:44 pm
Letting go was the hardest thing my wife and I had to do. Now they have given us the greatest gift a child can give a parent - grandchildren!

Danielle Balletto (6) 		Saturday May 16, 2009, 11:52 pm
My son is 7 AND A HALF... he makes sure others are aware of the AND A HALF part... it seems as though each day I'm having to let go a little more and allow him to do things he couldn't do when he was 7 or 6, etc... In one week he will be finishing first grade.... letting go is difficult.

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