When You Raise a Child, You Are Raising a Future Parent!

I love the title of this Blog...and it's because we all know that it is true.  When you raise a child, you are raising a future parent.  More likely, you are raising a parent for your very own grandchildren! 

I am introducing a Parenting Series in my Blog because I am first and foremost, a Mother.  Secondly, I have such wonderful readers that I hope that many of you will be able to take some of this with you and apply it in your own life when you feel like pulling your hair out! (hey, get those grey ones first!). 

"I remember my life before children, but the funny thing is, I can't believe that my daughter wasn't in my life until just a mere 4 years ago - funny how it works that way, isn't it?"

As far as our family is concerned, children are the most beautiful and amazing beings that Mother Nature has ever created.  They will try your nerves, yet touch your heart in the same passing minute.  They have the ability to leave us speechless at times, put Picasso to shame and entertain the elderly all within a day's work!

Sometimes, when I am speaking to my own daughter, I feel like I sound like my own Mother who was an Elementary School Teacher and loved Children.  She was an amazing crafter and could sew or crochet like nobody's business!  My mother has long since passed away, but I know that her values and traditions have been impressed upon me since my own birth.

As Parents we have to be mindful that we always approach our children in a gentle and loving manner.  It is very difficult to do this when your child is "acting out" or having a "temper tantrum".  Remember that these are stages that are necessary for normal child development. 

It's hard to remember in the "heat of the meltdown" that this is a temporary situation, but you need to get those earplugs and go with the flow!
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