Parenting Semi-Adults: Perhaps You Won't Have To Wait Till They Have Kids
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 12:00AM Princess sent me a journal entry for one of her classes. This is posted with her permission.
Childhood
I will never forget sitting around the dinner table at one of our customary family dinners and remising childhood with my teenage and preteen brothers, in the company of my parents and still child sister. Our conversation consisted of practically everything that went wrong in our early years collectively, which impressively could be summed up in a ten-minute discussion. However this exchange drove my mother from the table in tears. In my egocentric world of age twelve, I could not understand why my mother did not find this conversation amusing. In fact my lifelong goal (established at age three) was to point out what my mother did wrong as a parent, and by age ten I had skimmed through three of her many parenting books and decided that I would just have to show her with my own children how child rearing was done. However as the years have gone by I have come to realize what an incredible childhood I did have, something my parents worked very hard for. I have nothing but fond memories when I think about those years of my youth. My mother is a very wise women and an incredible parent. She already knows this, but I begin to realize it a little more each year.
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Reader Comments (9)
It's amazing how much our parents learn as we get older! And how much we learn from our own children about our relationship with our parents.
That made me teary-eyed!! I pray for the day that enlightenment comes to my daughters! I hope they see just how good their childhood was and despite our financial issues, just how much they have had!
My childhood days go back to the 50's and I am thankful that those days only bring back fond memories. Sure my parents made some mistakes but they did a pretty good job of raising three boys!
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Congratulations!
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All your hard work is now yielding fruit. I am happy for you! God Bless!
As a parent it's gratifying to have some light finally shine into the young minds we raise. :)
WOW - the tears started to well up in my eyes. You should be proud. You've raised a wonderful child!!