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Date Posted: 20:41:07 02/09/06 Thu
Author: Leo
Subject: Re: Good things about parenting
In reply to: lump 's message, "Good things about parenting" on 14:26:31 02/07/06 Tue

One thing I recently learned is that your kid will never, ever, in a million years believe you have any concept of what its like to be a kid. Just by virtue of being their parent, you are a dinosaur.

History does repeat itself, some of the things I learned from my parents not to do, I do without even realizing it, and thats scary! But if I catch myself doing that, I will tell them I am sorry.

Kids are amazing though, I loved discovering the world again through their eyes, simple things like chasing butterflies in the backyard, or being handed a bouquet of weeds, lol. Mine are older now, but still surprise me with the things that come out of their mouths, although now its more like bling, bling and making up rap songs, and discovering boys!

Its a wild ride, although there have been many before you, its still unchartered territory, and there are no instruction manuals. I think you'll do fine though!

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[> Re: Good things about parenting -- Iymlad, 07:59:13 02/10/06 Fri [1]

Both my kids are VERY active. Although my wife and I do fairly well, at times stress and time just wear down on you and it's get's very hard to live moment to moment, as they do, and not dwell on what happened last 10 minutes. Patience is what I know I need more of to make things easier (though I'm sure different parents have different strengths and shortcomings). There is a feedback loop, so if we get too stressed by the kids, the stress is passed back to them which makes it more difficult for them to keep it together ... and on and on. I find that mild 5:30 attitude adjustment puts me in a much more relaxed frame of mind, detached from the stresses of the work day and not so sensitive to the little annoyances, and I can just play with them. That may sound horrible, but the proof is simply in the pudding.

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