Are you doing something right?

[bdentzy]

Parenting is hard and somtimes overwhelming. But I bet that many times we're doing more right than not. So, what's one thing you're doing right?

I'd love to hear what's working and what's right. And I'd love it if we could celebrate our successes in parenting together.

Peace,

 

[AnonUser2013]

What a positively positive question! It's so much easier to beat ourselves up as parents and see where we've failed or fallen short than to say 'hey I must be doing something right!'

Well, besides keeping my kids alive and fed and clean (mostly) by the end of the day, I think I've come a long way in parenting since when I first began. I'm taking the style of parenting that I can see is working really well on the heart of one of my kids. Yes, I mess up...I mess up a lot actually. But as a whole, I have found a better way of parenting that I thought I had when I started out and she's blooming and growing because of it.

 

[bdentzy]

What a positively positive question! It's so much easier to beat ourselves up as parents and see where we've failed or fallen short than to say 'hey I must be doing something right!'

True enough. I figure there's always enough failure to go around and enough people who remember to keep it top of mind. But learning and growing is not only finding what doesn't work. It's also finding what does work, celebrating and building on that, and being encouraged by the things that are right as well as the end goal.

 

[DixieDawn84]

We are a single income family so my son has been sleeping in a hand-me-down bed for about a year. When we got our tax money I saw a 3' tall loft bed with a slide and immediately thought of my little man. Hubby put it together on Sunday and he has been thanking us and telling everyone - even telemarketers on the phone - about how he has the best parents ever. It made me and hubby feel good that he appreciates the things we do for him.

 

[bdentzy]

We are a single income family so my son has been sleeping in a hand-me-down bed for about a year. When we got our tax money I saw a 3' tall loft bed with a slide and immediately thought of my little man. Hubby put it together on Sunday and he has been thanking us and telling everyone - even telemarketers on the phone - about how he has the best parents ever. It made me and hubby feel good that he appreciates the things we do for him.

That's great! I love that he appreciates what you've done for him.

 

[TwinMommy]

I think it would be teaching and encouraging them. I am amazed all the time at how much they know and how well they are doing when it comes to learning. It is a joy to see new things learned.