Ok let me get this out first and foremost, I am not a parent nor do I know how it feels to have a little babies life in my hands. I of course want to have that feeling one day but hopefully not soon. With that disclaimer out I think the world is almost made up of people that just aren’t ready to take care of a child. I know there is nothing to prepare you for it. It’s sorta like sports though. As much as you practice nothing can prepare you for the real thing, but it does help you to a extent and makes sure you are better off then you were originally. It really does crack me up on how sheltered and unforgiving some kids are. I mean I feel really old saying this because our parents said it, but you have to be able to grow up and feel pain. We all survived right? That doesn’t mean let your kids cross the street without teaching them to look both ways and what stop signs and lights are. But it also means its okay to let them ride a bike without being padded up like they were about to jumped by a attack dog.
The reason for this rant is that I went to get a haircut yesterday. While there a mother came in with two kids, on leashes. The funny thing is that the leashes were like 2 ft long. When she sat the kids went different directions grabbing magazines and hair product. But does she scold them or heaven forbid spank them? Of course not, it’s the “no stop doing that”, “I’m going to count to 10″, blah blah blah. Seriously though I am not saying you should beat a kid, but a spanking to the backside never was abuse. I mean I would not have imagined ever going to the toy store and crying on the dirty floor until I got what I wanted. I just knew that it was wrong and if I did something done, I would get punished in one way or another.
Parent’s let your kids be kids and grow up. We all get bumps and bruises along the way. It all adds to the story of our life. The scab on my knee or the stitches on my arm. Actually I somehow made it through childhood without any broken parts or casts. But I had my share of sliding on gravel bloodying myself up. Its a fact that when you suppress something, the chances that when it comes out will be larger is enormous. Let kids grow up well and don’t hold them back. Kid’s are smarter then when we were the same age, so just trust them as crazy as it is.
This will all change if i ever have a daughter by the way and everything written above is null and void :-p
