We're so busy "trying" to be perfect parents, or beating ourselves up because we don't feel we are accomplishing the duty of perfect parenting. Well, I'm here to tell you, you're just perfect as you are! I believe, you were made to order!
Put your mask on first before helping others, including your child. It may sound harsh at first, but when you really break it down, it makes complete sense. As goes in life with parenting, don't forget to take care of yourself first, or your will find yourself falling apart and being absolutely no good for your children later in their life. So, it's ok to be a little selfish and enjoy some Selfish Pie.
As parents we are so caught up with how cute our children are, and we are focused on sharing their outer beauty and forget to work on that "INNER" beauty.
Today, I had the privilege to interview a mother of amazing strength and character. Sharing her insight to parenting, wise tactics and unique approaches. Things we all could learn by just sharing some information and ideas.
I believe kindness could really save the world! We have a responsibility as parents to make sure our children are kind, even when it calls for difficult situation when someone isn't kind to us. It's probably one of our most challenging things as Human Beings, BEING KIND.
Our children are in a world where everything is INSTANT, everything! Our children are over stimulated, however, they are still children picking up on everything. Being careful how we navigate as parents has become challenging, however, the most simplest thing can help you in this process.
Just when we think we've taught our children enough to go out in the world. We are surprised by what they actually teach us!
Some may call them "iPad Kids", I call them iParents! In this day in age we use what we can to help us parent effectively, we try to distract our children to manage our daily lives, however, we forget that our children are our new daily lives, and we would should balance our perception of what that balance looks like, and not let a device destroy what we could have avoided.
We are responsible for the children we bring in this world, there are influences always trying to change the narrative to who are children are. Be careful, and be the protector you are.
Getting into the world of Not the Mama! This term can have so many meanings, but for this episode it's clearly the Dad role, how it's played or not. Is it really an important role in a child's life or is it better that the father wasn't in the child's life? Let's dive into and find out!
Parenting has it's constant challenges and feeling stuck in the middle doesn't help in the process. What do we do? How do we manage? I don't know, I'm still trying to figure that out! But, I'll share with you some of the things I went through, even bouts of craziness and losing my sh!t... it's not cool, but sometimes it's necessary.
Plain and simple! We've all heard that phrase, "The truth shall set you free!" yet we fall short of sharing our truths with our children. We want them to tell us the truth! Why don't we start with us? It will make the world of difference to having balanced children.
We all want our children to be a better version of ourselves, do the things we never got the chance to do, or be someone we never got the chance to be. We want them to be our greatest expression! As much as we may think our children are like us, we must face the reality that they are their own individual personality programmed with different gifts and desires.
As parents we find ourselves thinking we are on this island alone. Beating ourselves up because we want to throw in the towel, have wings to fly away or the powers to just disappear. Well, join the club of millions before you or get in line.
A smile goes a long way! Remembering to always smile in front of our children goes an even longer way. "TransParentcy" can show your super powers!
Let them PLAY and play HARD! Exploration is everything when it comes to living. How much of a life have you lived if you shield yourself from actually living? So don't hold back the youth right in front of you, you too can live even more by letting them play and play hard!
"TIME" that word speaks for itself... and I'll leave that right there. Money doesn't equal time, time equals time!
Most of us love our grandparents, or we love someones grandparents! Even the word "Grandparents" makes you feel a certain way. They exude a place of love and joy that we all can relate to. However, as long as they stay in that place while we're parenting, all is good in the world. As great as grandparents can be to our children, they also can be the demise of our parenting.
As parents we are given a duty of protecting our children. Some parents take that responsibility to heart! However, I believe there is a little grey area we have to explore, because "Over Protecting" is a real thing, and sometimes it can have a serious backfire that will disable your child's ability to adapt to the real world. We learn from the lessons that knock us down, "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela...
We're always fooled by size, whether it's something small or something big. With our children we tend to think these little people don't understand much, but yet they know a lot more than we give them credit for. But the real matter is forgetting that they will spend more time in their life as an adult than as a child! Breaking the cycle before it starts and treat them like miniature adults, you'll find that it goes a long way.
Parenting can make us feel like we're losing ourselves, I'm just here to tell you that you're right! We have to get comfortable with the fact that we are no longer our old self. Once parenthood hits you, you are forever transformed, whether you like it or not. It's the reality that hits you constantly! The sooner you accept your new LIFE role, the sooner you start to appreciate it.
From the moment you find out that you helped with conceiving a possible human life, your world starts to turn. Your entire molecular structure starts to morph and change in ways you can't describe! So, I'm not going to start trying to! I think the title says it all! If you're a parent, you know what I mean.
An introduction into who I am, and why myself as a parent came to such a big surprise. Where I come from and where my views of parenting are rooted. Short and straight to the point. Please don't expect anything fancy, it's just the beginning of understanding who I am, which I'm still trying to figure that out, and why I am so privileged to be an unexpected parent. Maybe we'll figure it out together.
Parenting… Like many, I’ve searched for ideas, common things that work, read books, things my parents did or should’ve done, you name it… All with the goal of raising great humans! But let’s be honest… Nothing can prepare you for parenting, except actual parenting. And maybe bits of preparation People often said to my wife and I, “When I have kids, I hope they’re as cool as yours”. “Your children are awesome people”, “You have such a great relationship with your kids”. Although, I did really app...
