It is our great expectations as a friend sometimes that hinders our resonsibilities in parenting.
Get to know your child(ren)- your place remains as a parent. There was a time when I thought the more my child knew about my life it could protect his/her future but oh boy was I wrong. The truth be told I'd only be sticking them in the world of comparison my mom stuck me in as a kid, when she only trying to be more of a friend to me rather than a parent. It gave me an unbalanced portion of life's weight to tote around, too early of a stage in life instead I was suppose to be enjoying how to be a kid. So we often wonder why and how so many of our todays kids know so little on how to be a child and are more focused on being in an adult conversation...Well this is why! If I never understood before: I do now, Let kids be kids, they have plenty time to grow up, if we as the parent(s) fulfill all neccessary obligations in the home.
Get to know your child(ren)- your place remains as a parent. There was a time when I thought the more my child knew about my life it could protect his/her future but oh boy was I wrong. The truth be told I'd only be sticking them in the world of comparison my mom stuck me in as a kid, when she only trying to be more of a friend to me rather than a parent. It gave me an unbalanced portion of life's weight to tote around, too early of a stage in life instead I was suppose to be enjoying how to be a kid. So we often wonder why and how so many of our todays kids know so little on how to be a child and are more focused on being in an adult conversation...Well this is why! If I never understood before: I do now, Let kids be kids, they have plenty time to grow up, if we as the parent(s) fulfill all neccessary obligations in the home.