is it ever easy being a parent?

Answer 1

no!!!

Answer 2

Hell No, but nothing in life is ever easy. Being a parent is the most amazing, wonderful, yet brain numbing and thankless job there is. But I know I wouldnt change a thing. I have raised my 19 year old daughter by myself and she turned out to be an incrediby warm and wonderful human being. . .So even tho we went thru some crap along the way. I love her more now as much as I did the day she was born. You just do the best you can.

Answer 3

I have three sons (21, 19 and 8 years old) and when I first became a mum, I was told be consistant. This is the hardest thing to do when kids are screaming but it works. My sons know I won't EVER hit them and that they can tell me anything. We talk and come up with solutions together. I ignored bad behaviour and rewarded good when they were little and it has paid off. My youngest son knows the boundaries and definitely prefers praise/rewards to sanctions, because he knows when he gets punished (ie.TV removed, pocket money stopped) he's in REAL trouble with mum. It's not perfect though. Both my older sons started getting into trouble and taking drugs so I told them I loved them whatever they did. They were shocked to discover I took drugs for 10 years and destroyed my life. I gave them the truth and didn't say "You can't do this!!" I explained what happened to me and hopefully they have the information they need to make the right choice. I can't run their lives but I can guide them. No parent is perfect, they just need to be good enough. Guilt makes parenting harder. All you can do is your best. Kids get into trouble, make mistakes and get hurt. It's part of the growing up process. It's your job to catch them WHEN they fall and help them climb back up again. I wish my parents had done that. Maybe I wouldn't have gone off the rails so badly.

Answer 4

There are times when it is easy being a parent but there is a lot of hard work involved too. When a baby is sick, you feel so helpless because they can't tell you what is wrong. It takes time feeding them, changing diapers,giving them baths, doing their laundry(babies dirty a lot just in one day). As they get older and if they have sisters or brothers then their is squabbling between them. That isn't easy to listen to. Teenagers are becoming their own unique person and sometimes it is hard understanding them. I just remember my own teen years and it makes me understand some of the things they are going through. Then when they leave home, that is very hard for a parent to go through. You wish you could do all the work taking care of them when they were little and even putting up with their squabbles. I miss them! One of the easiest things about being a parent, is getting to be a grandparent to my childrens kids. Nothing is better than being a grandparent and is worth everything that kids have put the parents through. There is alot of fun things that parents go through with their kids too. Birthday parties, vacations etc. School activities are neat too! I enjoyed being a parent and still do!

Answer 5

No! The second you become a mommy until the day you die it
is the toughest job on earth. If you are not fussing at them over how clean their room is to doing homework, then you are worry about school/ grades/drugs/sex and anything else. Then there is
the teen years and trying to survive those. On top of all that there
are the outside dangers, like sexual predators, bullies and lord knows what else. As a mother I worry if I am doing the right thing,
making the right decisions and if my child will grow up to be a
productive member of society. Parenting is 24/7/365. And I love
it.

Answer 6

is it ever easy being a child of a parent? what kind of life do kids have nowadays? They see everything - hear everything we would never of seen or heard on TV or radio - just turn it on and you think should we be listening to this? Kids are clever and bright little sponges and they are soaking up a lot of adult trash on a daily basis - it's not fair really that they can't just be children they've got to be mini adults and take on board a million concepts that they are probably not ready to handle - contraceptive pills - abortion - war zones - rising house prices etc... parents are depressed with it all it's no wonder kids are reacting or getting depressed too.

Answer 7

No it is never easy being a parent. It does however get easier in some ways. The older they get, the more money they are. My son is in his first year of kindergarten and just that alone is costing a lot of money.

Answer 8

Nope.....it merely gets more complex as you move on up the age scale, the teens are a complete hoot! You are normally on a hormonal close down, and the daughters hormones are bouncing off the walls!
But don't loose heart, all going well, you will be blessed with grand children, which are the cherries on the cake, in fact I really wish that I had had them first! Keep smiling, it just SEEMS like its forever.

Answer 9

Well i was a very trying child so i shouldn't imagine that it is and the older they get, the harder it is because everyday seems to be a constant battle to instill discipline and lay down the law and to keep the authority. I think the real reward is when they have grown up, left home, made something of themselves and turned into a wonderful person, and it's knowing that it was all because of you and the way you raised them

Answer 10

It's never going to be easy, all we can do is give our best to do right by our kids and love them and remember that we too are human beings and we do make mistakes. As long as we learn from them we will be fine.

Answer 11

no
it's never easy being a parent no matter what you do or say your wrong plus on the up side all things your parents did you thought was so wrong you end up doing them, but thats what a parent is basically about!!!!!!!!