Most detailed and insightful answer get 10 points!How is parenting and raising kids different than you thought it was going to be?
I have 4 children an with my first child I was so stressed and worried and stressed about the smallest thing. Now its eight years and 3 more children later and I think it the most wonderful thing raising my children. Very little fazes me and I hve learnt to choose my battles and let the insignificant things slide. And yes it so much more work than I could have ever imagined; but wouldn't change a thing.How is parenting and raising kids different than you thought it was going to be?
I don't think I ever thought past baby stage when I had my children. Now they're teenagers and I've been hit with a few reality checks.
When I had them I had heard of the internet, but few people had actually experienced it, we had no idea that it would play such a huge part in how you raise your kids. It's made me more nervous than I ever thought I would be, because I found my 14 year old daughter was talking to a pedophile a few months ago...even though we had discussed not chatting with people you've never met in person.
I'm not sure it's better or tougher, it's just really different. My kids are so different from how I was, they don't get in as much trouble as I did (yet), but the dangers are everywhere (drugs, pedophiles...not just down the street but in your house through the internet). I really have to stay on top of things or they get out of hand quickly. When I went to high school, I could smoke a joint at school and know it was pot and that was pretty much all we could get (with the occasional hash treat) but at their high school there are pushers with really serious stuff on hand. It's nothing you can turn the other cheek about.
Raising my daughter is everything I imagined and more:
I imagined I would love her but had no idea just how much. Looking at her melts my heart and I just want to be with her all the time.
I imagined it would be hard work but I had no idea just how hard. It is constant. Even when she is not with me, she consumes my thoughts as I know she is my responsibility
I imagined it would be fun but I never thought it would be this much fun. Planting little kisses all over her makes her break into giggles which makes me crack up laughing.
I imagined it would be tiring but I didn't think I'd be this tired. Not so much from lack of sleep but from constantly going and going and going throughout the day....even a break for lunch or whatever consists of looking after her at the same time...and even over night I am on call.
Having my beautiful little girl is everything I dreamed it would be and more.... the craziness is more and so is all the good stuff....the good definitely outweighs the crazy though (and the crazy is sometimes good lol)
One thing that I think kind of sums it up for me is at the end of the day, I can't wait for my daughter to get into bed and fall asleep. I am so tired and just want to have some time to myself, but within an hour I wish she was awake again to bless me with that beautiful big smile and excited bounce she does when she sees me.
i have 2 children one of 7 months and 1 of 2 and its harder than what people say i think its ok when you get into a routine ,,,, if that makes sense and i also have split up with my partner which i didnt expext to happen so now i am a single mother and i love my kids and nothing would make me change them but yeah its hard but i think thats what a mum is about its nice to see your achivements at the end. i wouldnt change my kids for the world xxx
I'm not sure I think raising my six year old is tough or easy. I wasnt' really sure what to expect when i had my daughter. She is a well adapted six year old. She is respectful, She will negotiate to get her way, ( grrrr), She is wonderful but sticking to a routine is very hard,,, Examples : Giving her a permanent bedtime, Having a specific dinner time,
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