{"id":1385,"date":"2013-02-07T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T20:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebrowne.com\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2013-02-07T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T20:18:05","slug":"a-note-to-the-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/littlebrowne\/2013\/02\/07\/a-note-to-the-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note to the Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"children\"<\/a>I came across this article <\/a>this morning on Huffington Post online in the parenting section and thought it was interesting enough to share here. It also got me thinking about how we live our lives and what we are doing to make sure our kids live better lives than we did and that we are arming them mentally for the world they will soon be a part of.<\/p>\n

Parents often talk about how they want their children to live a better life than they did but from my experience I don\u2019t often see the action to follow that up. When you look around at our society I believe there is enough evidence out there that proves my point. We want our kids to have better lives and do better than we did yet we\u2019re giving them decades of our baggage to carry around for the rest of their existence.<\/p>\n

We talk about building them up but we\u2019re raising them in chaos. The problem is that we don\u2019t see the chaos because we\u2019re either in denial or have become so tolerant to the chaos that it simply doesn\u2019t seem like chaos to us anymore.<\/p>\n

So how are we doing right by our kids when we don\u2019t see, feel, or think we\u2019re doing anything wrong?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have the answer\u2026but lucky for you I have an opinion.<\/p>\n

I think we need to stop and listen. We need to listen to our kids and we need to listen to the dialogue going back and forth between us and them. I think we need to police ourselves\u2026our actions and our words. I\u2019m 36 years old and your words don\u2019t impact me like they might a 3 year old. I think we need to think like a child again. I think we need to see the world through their eyes and re-learn how amazing and magical this thing really is. I think we need to share our knowledge and experience with them but not bog them down with our prejudices, our frustrations, our worries, our hate, or our fear. They will find theirs soon enough\u2026they don\u2019t need our help with that crap.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny\u2026I find myself staring into Sammy\u2019s eyes sometimes and no kidding, it\u2019s like a whole new world opens up to me. Other times I will watch him as he is looking at something and trying to figure it out but I will try really, really hard to try to see it the way he does.<\/p>\n

So are we doing right by our kids?<\/p>\n

The link I shared above struck me because of what she was giving to her kids. She was giving them life lessons in a very humorous and open way. She is not a perfect parent, none of us are; but I think it\u2019s our responsibility to remind each other and support each other on this journey of parenthood. I think it\u2019s our obligation to one another and to ourselves. We have the power to shape the future right here, right now, with each interaction and with each look and with each word and with the tone those words are said.<\/p>\n

But again\u2026are we doing right by our kids?<\/p>\n

Are you too busy to reevaluate? Are you too stressed out and worried about money to step back and reassess how your kids may be feeling?<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ve been stressed out when I have Sammy and Annie is off at work. I\u2019ve had those moments where I NEED to get work done on the computer but he needs me too. I choose him. He deserves the best me that I can give him and I will do whatever it takes to continually reevaluate what I\u2019m doing. He deserves this and I do not want to let him down. He will understand that there are times when work comes first but he will not learn that from an angry word or an angry hand. I think every single child deserves our best\u2026don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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