As I approach my 40th year on this planet I cannot help but to reflect upon my life and my own mortality. In doing so I acknowledge that I have no kids of my own to base this thought upon, however that will not keep me from making this observation :
My parents had absolutely no clue what to do in life at any given time.
This is in regards to both their own lives and in raising a child or multiple. It occurs to me that I, like they, have done the best with what they had that they could. That is to say They made the best decisions they could with the information and tools they had at the time and at their disposal. I'm quite sure they were just as terrified and worried about any and every life decision they made that say you and I are currently. Yes the circumstances that you and I have may be different but that does not mean that the general situation and conditions were not. It is an interesting thought to ponder life and compare loosely what they did to what I think I would have done at one situation or another. Life is funny that way I suppose.
I don't know where I was generally going with this but there it is. Make of it what you may. Especially those of you with kids. Imagine your parents making the decisions that you make about your kids except you were the child.
My parents had absolutely no clue what to do in life at any given time.
This is in regards to both their own lives and in raising a child or multiple. It occurs to me that I, like they, have done the best with what they had that they could. That is to say They made the best decisions they could with the information and tools they had at the time and at their disposal. I'm quite sure they were just as terrified and worried about any and every life decision they made that say you and I are currently. Yes the circumstances that you and I have may be different but that does not mean that the general situation and conditions were not. It is an interesting thought to ponder life and compare loosely what they did to what I think I would have done at one situation or another. Life is funny that way I suppose.
I don't know where I was generally going with this but there it is. Make of it what you may. Especially those of you with kids. Imagine your parents making the decisions that you make about your kids except you were the child.
