Top Truths About Parenting

I haven’t been having a great week. I am trying to force myself to look at the bright side. Trying isn’t working.

I find most things that are true, are sad. Of course, I believe the opposite as well.

5. Blogging about parenting issues doesn’t make any of us better parents. It just reduces the amount of time we have for active parenting.

4. There are just as many rules for parents and caregivers in the playground as there are for the kids. There just aren’t time-outs for breaking them. (For example, don’t encourage the child in your care to ignore the other children who want to play. They really aren’t better than all the other children in town and teaching them to keep their distance is just going to create more problems. Please note that while I wanted to pour sand all over the offending care giver’s head, I refrained.)

3. As much as parents must be consistent and consequent, there are times when you just have to let things slide or lose your mind. That said, there is a difference between pretending not to notice that the kids are eating on the couch and actually saying; “I am so tired that I don’t have the energy to correct you, so you can go ahead and eat on the couch as long as you do it without making any noise for the next ten minutes.”

2. Some weeks, all you can do is boil a lot of eggs and re-heat pizzas. It doesn’t make for a “good” diet, but at least its slightly healthier and a lot cheaper than the drive-thru window at a fast food place.

1. There are worse things than being covered in a child’s vomit at the end of the work day, and all night long, but it is best not to think about what those things actually are.