July 15, 2008
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Those who know how to parent
“The only ones who know how to parent are the ones who do not have children.”
I saw this quote a few weeks before I became a parent. Even then, I laughed because it is so true! When you’re not a parent and have never had children of your own, you hear one expert or one parent’s way of doing things and you think that’s the one-and-only way, so you try to tell other parents who are having similar problems to use that method as the solution. But the reality is that every child is different (and even that one child changes every day or so), so there isn’t just one band-aid method that will solve it all. I think most parents realize pretty quickly into things that they really know nothing at all. (We are a good case in point.) I’m so thankful that God stands in the midst of all that we do and all that we are, and He parents us!
Comments (1)
DEFINITELY true. I always wonder about this. Like if I’m at the grocery store and I see a kid misbehaving, I think I know what the parents’ should have done or should do about it. But my next thought is usually, “Yeah, but if I’m ever actually in that situation, I’m sure I won’t be much of an expert.”