So my second vlog in my “what’s different” series. Different can be good, it can also be difficult.
How about you guys? Do parent the same way as your parents or do you parent differently? Do you like being different or do you like standing out in a crowd?
I thankfully don't parent like my parents. OMG… that would be BAD.
I do care a little what people thing about me. But only when it is my special time of the month. LOL
The intuition about how to handle a situation and also making the allowances for children's personalities is so important!
Karena
Art by Karena
I parent totally different. It is hard for my mom in some ways and in others she is glad that I "improved" on the method.
I parent my child the way I know "she" needs to be parented. Isn't that why I'm her parent? God must have thought that I had what she needed, right?
I agree. I feel that I am the perfect parent for my children, quite the match. I know my mom could never handle my children, which is why she wasn’t given them, and why I was!
I'm pretty different from my mom. My mom was a stay at home mom and even when she went to work (I was in 7th grade) she still considered herself a stay at home mom. I've always worked, I've always had to pay someone to help with my kids. I've always had to fit in as much fun, learning, discipline etc in as little time as possible. I am doing what works for us, and my folks did what worked for them. Both ways are great, both ways have their challenges.
I wish I could say I didn't care what people think of me. I wish I could be more like my husband and truly not care. But, I do.
We all care, if we didn’t we’d be too cold in a way. But that doesn’t make it any easier! I agree, both sides have merit, with good and bad results. That’s the hardest part for me, that I can see both side for what they are, but my parents feel that their way is the ONLY way, and anything else is wrong/bad parenting.