Our Kids Drive Us Crazy Because We Treat Parenting Like a Job

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by spockz • 7 years ago

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chriselles• 7 years ago

Kids are funny creatures.

Having two I hVe the moral right to call my two creatures.

I wonder if instead of comparing parenting to our profession, perhaps we should perhaps compare it to Game of Thrones.

Instead of “Mother of Dragons”, call all Mums/Dads by the title “Parents of Children” when they arrive at a public venue with appropriate pomp and circumstance.

Because raising kids is like a combination of herding cats and raising dragons without a user manual.

At times, especially between the age of 2-4, my kids responded as if every word out of my mouth was “Drakarys”.

Looking back at my now teenagers, I’ve been able to teach them heaps.

And they’ve been able to teach me chaos, complexity, embarrassment, exhaustion, humility, and unpredictability.

The only legit piece of advice I can offer that actually relates to the subject article is:

It’s easy to lose your cool on your kids and partner, especially after being overly diplomatic to the rest of the outside world all day/week.

Don’t.

Our Kids Drive Us Crazy Because We Treat Parenting Like a Job

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