Being a parent is both a joy and a challenge and no amount of planning and talking can totally prepare you for the whole event and package thereafter.
I knew I was going to be THE best parent my children had. The question was HOW was I going to achieve it? I knew that, as a parent, I would have a powerful influence on my children. I wanted to make sure I’d be able to fulfill that role positively.
The first role models you have are your own parents, for better of worse. There were bits of my parent’s parenting I didn’t like because I was on the receiving end of it all. I thought when I have children, I’m not going to do that, whatever that was at the time.
When your children arrive and push you to your limits, words tumble out of your mouth and other actions happen. Don’t you think sometimes you sound just like your mother/father? And you swore that would never happen to you.