The hardest part of parenting….
Joy- What Nik said! And heeding your own advice. I tend to raise my voice rather than yell but it’s essentially the same thing so I try to work on that everyday. But not everyone has a Calvin who very much lives up to his comic status. So patience is also very tough.
Nik- For me, it was learning to pick my battles. I am by far a perfectionist. I may be a little controlling though. Not being able to control every aspect of my children’s lives was a hard lesson for me to learn and still learn.
Tonya- Patience! By far. Especially with homework, my twins are only 5 but sometimes they have trouble with what they are working on and I get frustrated so I have to get Daddy to help them because I don’t want to be negative in any way to them when they are working so hard.
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Patience is so hard. If you have patience then you may not raise your voice. it all goes together.
Plain and simple… parenting is hard!
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Back when I was teaching, the pick your own battles part really sunk in for me. Now that I have kids, that’s constantly in my head. John thinks I let them do what they want, but I see it more as letting them explore unless it’s a safety thing, or a rule in our house. Maybe this should have been my post for piece of advice!
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I see myself in each of these as well. Being patient and learning to pick battles are certainly two difficult aspects of parenting. Especially when I’m around my daughters 24/7, it is important to know when to let things go.
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