Check Out This Mom’s Awesome Goal For Parenting
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I was recently encouraged to write down my thoughts about parenting after a long car ride with some female friends who expressed their fears of becoming parents to me. This seems to be a trend among my friends who don't have kids yet, and the concerns that they have voiced have are very unfortunate. Many of them worry that they won't be good parents, stemming mainly from comparing their parenting ideals to the parenting styles of people they know who already have kids. I think my friends were shocked but also encouraged when I gave them this piece of advice, “parent your kids however you want to parent them, just don't raise assh*les.”
As a mother of two children and an aunt to four, I have had some time to contemplate how I want to raise my children, but really one thing has become clear to me . . . I just don't want to raise assh*les. Now I know people are ready to go crazy in the comments section below questioning what kind of parent would refer to children with an expletive, but hear me out — everyone needs to stop being concerned about the way everyone around them is parenting and concentrate on parenting their own children. I'm not concerned with how you think I should raise my child because, in general, my ideals are not going to match up with yours. So my advice to all parents out there is that YOU should parent your child however YOU want with the goal of making them well-mannered, appreciative, civil human beings. As long as you are a loving and caring parent who wants what's best for your child, people shouldn't have the right to comment on your parenting style.
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