I know that people have many different views on parenting. Some find it important to control each and every action of their children while dictating and ruling over them. Others find that it is best to let their children do what they wish; after all, everyone makes mistakes right? Instead of parenting their children, they are inclined to be best friends with their children. I however, walk a middle line here. I find that it is important to train and teach your children as well as praise and encourage them. I also find it important to understand your child, and ensure that the communication lines between yourself and your child are open. I believe that communication is an important ingredient in any relationship. This blog will offer a lot of insight, poems, song lyrics, and photos that will focus on the following portions of parent-child relationships: adolescents as parents (chapter 3), preschoolers and nutrition (chapter 6), school-age bullying (chapter 7), and lastly adult gender roles (chapter 9). Obviously, there is much more to parenting than this, but the aforementioned subjects will be the main topics of this blog.
~Below is a poem by Kathie Phillip Davis that I found to be a representation of my views on parenting.~
Childhood Doesn't Wait
I was sitting on a bench
while in a nearby mall,
When I noticed a young mother
with two children who were small.
while in a nearby mall,
When I noticed a young mother
with two children who were small.
The youngest one was whining,
"Pick me up," I heard him beg
but the mother's face grew angry
as the child clung to her leg.
"Pick me up," I heard him beg
but the mother's face grew angry
as the child clung to her leg.
"Don't hang on to me," she shouted
as she pushed his hands away,
I wish I'd had the courage
to go up to her and say...
as she pushed his hands away,
I wish I'd had the courage
to go up to her and say...
"The time will come too quickly
when those little arms that tug,
Won't ask for you to hold them
or won't freely give a hug.
when those little arms that tug,
Won't ask for you to hold them
or won't freely give a hug.
"The day will sneak up subtly
just as it did with me,
When you can't recall the last time
that your child sat on your knee.
just as it did with me,
When you can't recall the last time
that your child sat on your knee.
"Like those sacred, pre-dawn feedings
when we cherished time alone
Our babies grow and leave behind
those special times we've known.
when we cherished time alone
Our babies grow and leave behind
those special times we've known.
"So when your child comes to you
with a book that you can share,
Or asks that you would tuck him in
and help him say his prayer...
with a book that you can share,
Or asks that you would tuck him in
and help him say his prayer...
"When he comes to sit and chat
or would like to take a walk,
Before you answer that you can't
`cause there's no time to talk
or would like to take a walk,
Before you answer that you can't
`cause there's no time to talk
"Remember what all parents learn
so many times too late,
That years go by too quickly
and that childhood doesn't wait.
so many times too late,
That years go by too quickly
and that childhood doesn't wait.
"Take every opportunity,
if one should slip away
Reach hard to get it back again,
don't wait another day."
if one should slip away
Reach hard to get it back again,
don't wait another day."
I watched that mother walk away
her children followed near,
I hope she'll pick them up
before her chances disappear.
her children followed near,
I hope she'll pick them up
before her chances disappear.
-----Kathie Phillips Davis
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