There is a joke that I repeat to new parents. “You are one step closer to your son or daughter moving out of your house.” It is not meant to say they are about to endure two decades of anguish. It is, as the previous comment states, that they have started the task of raising adults. I’ve told my 12-year old many times that my wife and I are her buddies as we like doing fun things together. But we are not her friends. There is a big difference.
Thank you, Kira, for sharing your wisdom with these messages. Keep ‘em coming!!
I was listening to something yesterday that was similar to the issues you bring up here. It was talking about how some families just can't let go of the cell phones for their kids, despite the mass evidence that kids would be better off without them until they are older. One comment was that the kids run the family. And that is so very true.
My best friend said her dad had a philosophy regarding having children and it was "the point of the entire exercise is to raise an adult". I see too many people that want to have a little friend for themselves. That does them absolutely no good in the long run. I don't know when that changed.
There is a joke that I repeat to new parents. “You are one step closer to your son or daughter moving out of your house.” It is not meant to say they are about to endure two decades of anguish. It is, as the previous comment states, that they have started the task of raising adults. I’ve told my 12-year old many times that my wife and I are her buddies as we like doing fun things together. But we are not her friends. There is a big difference.
Thank you, Kira, for sharing your wisdom with these messages. Keep ‘em coming!!
I was listening to something yesterday that was similar to the issues you bring up here. It was talking about how some families just can't let go of the cell phones for their kids, despite the mass evidence that kids would be better off without them until they are older. One comment was that the kids run the family. And that is so very true.
My best friend said her dad had a philosophy regarding having children and it was "the point of the entire exercise is to raise an adult". I see too many people that want to have a little friend for themselves. That does them absolutely no good in the long run. I don't know when that changed.