Someone has rightly quoted – “It takes a community to raise a child”.
Fortunately, in today’s times, this community is online. There are so many pages, websites, blogs on how to raise a child. Right from the early stages of pregnancy, adoptions, raising toddlers, guiding teenagers, creating great bonds, and so on. You can go to any of these websites and browse through thousands, if not lakhs, of contents about parenting. It’s actually quite easy nowadays compared to some decades ago. It’s all just a click away.
While it is true that every family is different, but there are some experiences, some observations and feelings about parenting that go without saying, literally. Everyone has at least 2-3 similar experiences about parenting. Whether you are having your third child or are becoming a parent for the first time, you would definitely find the following facts about parenting quite relatable.
FACTS ABOUT PARENTING
- 98% of parenting is just thinking about when you can lie down again.
- The quickest way for you to gain your child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.
- Being a mom means your kid banging on the door like RAW, asking to be fed while you are in the shower.
- Parenting is like a babysitting job that never ends, except you don’t get paid.
- Waking up very freaking early in the morning due to your kids.
- Waiting for your kids to fall asleep so that you can sleep too.
- Want to find your kinds? Just turn off the internet and watch them magically appear in front of you.
- Parenting is a delicate balance of convincing your child that they can do anything in life while simultaneously screaming “don’t do that!” every two minutes.
- Jenny McCarthy said, “waking your kids up for school the first day after a break is as much fun as birthing them was.
- Parenting is much easier when you are raising your non-existent kid hypothetically.
As you can see, parenting is not an easy feat and not everybody could do it right. It takes time, patience, lots and lots of love, care and time to become good parents to a child of whom they can be proud of. Throughout your whole life, you learn and unlearn many things about doing the parenting thing correctly. Now, let’s get to know about some myths and the totally opposite realities that are associated with parenting and being parents to a child in general.
MYTHS VS REALITY
- Myth: All parenting skills are instinctive.
Reality: No one is born with all the skills to be an effective parent. Many skills must be learned through gaining knowledge and experience throughout your whole life.
- Myth: Children should be perfect.
Reality: Nobody is perfect. We all are Imperfect in some way or the other.
- Myth: Good parenting comes naturally.
Reality: To be a good and responsible parent, a person must be mature, willing to learn and be able to sacrifice when needed.
- Myth: Parenting is always fun.
Reality: It’s easier to see the rewards of parenting than the challenges and responsibilities.
- Myth: children are always cute and sweet.
Reality: children can be adorable, but be please be prepared to accept the reality. They can also be messy, sick, squirmy, very uncooperative, noisy and stubborn.
You are totally relating to the above-mentioned myths, right? Parenting is a very tiring task, and it requires too many sleepless nights, sacrifices, learning, experiences, love, care, time and everything else that you can think of to raise a single child, let alone 2-3 children. But, all in all, it’s the sweetness of your child calling you “Mom” or “Dad” that melts every tiredness away. It’s the way you watch your child smile at you with that toothy grin that makes everything worth it. Becoming parents to a new life that you gave birth to is a very fortunate and rewarding thing in anyone’s life.
