Apr 15
parent trap
Posted by madameblogalot at 4:54 am in home, kids & family, life, reviews

As a parent noticing how hard it is to be a kid growing up today, parenting is pretty scary too! I have a good friend who moved away last summer. Our kids are close in age and are going through lots of the same things. We would often compare notes and share our joys and woes. Since she’s moved, we get to talk some, but not enough. I got to ride with her this weekend to our camp and so we got to spend some good time sharing some burdens on our heart and talking through some things. It is great to have such a friend as a sounding board.

Not every parent has such a treasured friend with whom they can turn to with questions. Every stage of parenting brings such difficult questions and we often second guess ourselves. From diaper, feeding and sleep questions early on to teaching teens responsibility, letting them suffer consequences from foolish decisions, and staying sane while they learn to drive, there is a lot that parents worry about. And there are times we just don’t feel comfortable asking questions of folks who know us and know our kids. At times like these, we may turn to internet sources to maintain our anonymity while finding information and seeking answers. Of course we have to be careful when dealing with things online, not knowing who we are really talking to, but in parenting forums, it’s great to find out we are not alone in our struggles, worries and triumphs with our kids.

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  1. Malcolm Campbell wrote:
    April 15th, 2009 at 7:09 am

    When I look at the local community now as contrasted to what it was when I was little, people seem so much more fragmented in their use of time. Somehow, getting together like you did with your friend before she moved away seems harder and harder to do. It’s wonderful when such relationships click and people can talk about mutual concerns. I wish they scheduling those kinds of times was easier so they just more naturally happened rather than having to pencil people in on the calendar amongst the thousand other things competing for everyone’s ttime.

    Malcolm

  2. madameblogalot wrote:
    April 15th, 2009 at 10:42 am

    maybe that is why parenting is such a struggle these days. we are not naturally connected to other folks. my mom says she wasn’t so stressed out by every little step she took as a parent like so many of us are these days. maybe it is a part of our fragmented society. I think the saying is still true that it takes a village to raise a child. it’s just that we are not so sure about our village anymore…

  3. Montucky wrote:
    April 15th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    One problem today for parents is that there are fewer good role models in society that always used to reinforce the teaching at home. Political leaders seem to be nearly universally corrupt, sports figures are always in trouble with the law, extreme permissiveness seems to get the attention if not approval of the media, advertising is mostly lies and spin, etc. The values of society in general have changed dramatically and in my opinion, not for the better. It’s tough any more to get any good examples of good behavior.

  4. madameblogalot wrote:
    April 16th, 2009 at 6:46 am

    this kind of came up in bible class last night. the comment made in class made me think something pretty close to what you’ve said here. the comment was that kids are not held accountable these days. it made me think how my dad talks about growing up and everyone had very similar values. anyone in town would keep him in line: community leaders, teachers, neighbors, etc.

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