John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Parenting Pride and Paradoxes

Parenting Pride and Paradoxes

You know those extraordinary moments as a parent where you see your child behave in a particularly challenging situation that lets you know, “They are going to just fine as an adult”?

Those “moments” when your child acts adult-like provide a sense of satisfaction to a parent, a sense of relief and security and great pride.

And we never forget them.

jyb_musingsAnd they become more frequent with time.

And begin to correspond inversely with those extraordinary moments our children experience when they see a parent behave in a particularly challenging situation that makes them wonder, “I can’t believe my parent is acting like such a child.”

Those “moments” when the child’s parent acts child-like also provide a sense of relief, security and great pride–in the children —that they can be a successful adult.

And they never forget them.

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