The couple just found out they were expecting their first child. The highs and lows overwhelmed them from the beginning. Doubts crossed through their minds if they would make great parents. The happy event occurred and the day came when the tiny baby was brought home, reality set in they were parents. Being a parent is not a job that can be left behind when the parents leave the home. Its a tiring, happy demanding, joyous, overwhelming, loving job that is 24-7, 365 days a year.
Parenting requires patience (a lot), children are unpredictable. Remember that quality time is the best thing that a parent can do and give to a child. Parenting requires money to raise children. Dont forget that sleep will be lost after having kids and never will be regained.
This is called being a parent. The first and most important for being a parent is to love their children. Without love children would feel deprived and wonder why they werent good enough. Love is also needed to help their child thrive and grow. Love brings the parent-child relationship closer, letting the child open up to their parents when there is a problem. Love is an all-around goodness to have.
The second is patience, a virtue that is hard to practice by many, with kids it can be difficult at times. They are unpredictable. They can be really good and behave themselves, while other times getting into everything, making a mess, stringing toys around the house, running like a wild Indian, ad nagging every other minute that they need this or that. Patience is definitely a virtue of importance that doesnt come easy.
Next is quality time spent bonding with children. There is never too much time to have with children. The time spent is precious and never should be wasted. This time helps the parents to understand the child so they can grow closer and have a better relationship. Plying games, talking, or taking a walk is part of quality time. Giving this time shows to them that parents care and have an interest in what they do and think.
Quality time helps bring parents and children together. Fourth is the money issue. It is very expensive to have children. Doctor visits, dentist, clothes, food and other needs depending on the situation, all add up and can become costly. Insurance pays for some, but parents get to pay the rest. Parents want the best for their children and will do anything to achieve that.
Usually that means less wanting on their part. In the end, though, it is all worth it. Finally, sleep is lost and never will be regained. During the first year of a babys life, parents, especially mothers, lose 700 or more hours of sleep.
That is a lot. No wonder parents look like a walking zombie. When babies do sleep through the night, parents still wake up to check on them to make sure that they are comfortable and everything is all right. Unfortunately, babies arent the only cause for loss of sleep.
Teenagers are to. They go out and stay out. Parents worry about their safety, which causes them to stay awake until they are safe at home. After the kids grow up and leave home, parents arent able to sleep anymore because they forget how. Being a parent has its ups and downs, but the reward is great. It is spectacular to watch them grow up and develop into their own person with their own personality.
