2007-08-13 02:03:31 · 16 answers · asked by eeyoree rocks2003 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The hardest part of raising a child is.......letting him go!....tears!
2007-08-13 14:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by Me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The absolute hardest part about raising a child is learning how to be a good parent!!!! It's hard work.
Trying to love, nurture, discipline, provide structure, consistency, and on and on is something you have to do the best you know how to do *at the time*.
There will always be times when you look back and think "I should have...." But you can't beat yourself up about it because learning to be a good parent is a process.
It's always helpful to take parenting classes. More helpful than you probably realize.
GOOD LUCK AND TAKE CARE!!
2007-08-13 06:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the hardest part is dealing with the peer pressure kids face in our day and age. Kids are pressured to conform to what their society dictates is the "norm" . And it seems to be defiance of parents and established authority. I know I'll get stoned for this but I feel one of the biggest mistakes we have made is taking away the parents right to exercise "physical" punishment. I was a very bad kid because of peer pressures and I got my butt beat every time I messed up. And I am thankful to this day for each and everyone of those "switchings" I received from my parents. Had it not been for them I'd probably be in jail or dead today. Instead, I learned responsibility and integrity. Oh for the good old days.
2007-08-13 14:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by sarge 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trying to please them 100% of the time. Kids are fickle and change their minds with the wind.
One minute, they want spaghetti for dinner, the next they'd prefer Pizza and then pout when you say no to the pizza because you've already started making the spaghetti.
Parents want their kids to grow up being responsible, well adjusted, compassionate human beings.......its hard to teach the little buggers that when they're lying in their rooms, with 24 piles of clothes laying here, there and everywhere, while you're killing yourself day in and day out so that they can have those 24 piles of clothes.....
Do you get the idea that whats on my mind right now is that we're having spaghetti for dinner tonight but I just KNOW, by the time I get home, one of 'em is going to beg for pizza and the oldest is not going to have cleaned her room like she was told to do???
LOL
2007-08-13 02:13:01 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ WitchyWoman ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Letting them find some independence. And potty training.
This is just so far-my kids are 5 years and 18 months.
2007-08-13 02:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never raised a child, but I heard if they're your kids their screaming & yelling don't bug you but I have no patience. (I'm happy being an uncle with "nieces & nephews".)
2007-08-13 02:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by strange-artist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a parent, but I know, a certain someone that had trouble with a certain someone's potty training. LOL
2007-08-13 05:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It begins at 1 minute of age and continues until death
2007-08-13 02:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Protecting them from negative outside influence.
2007-08-13 02:15:38 · answer #9 · answered by ~ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1=Trying to get them to go to bed.
2=Trying to get them up in the mornings.
3=Trying to get them to eat decent.
4=The concept of taking regular bathes.
5=Why it is important to brush one's teeth.
6=Why they shouldn't listen to their music so loud (esp. on headphones)
7=Why Fluffy died
8=Why Scorpian is not a good friend.
9=The importance of homework.
10=Keeping them off of drugs........
2007-08-13 02:33:00 · answer #10 · answered by Out on a limb returns 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋