The most innocent of our species, is the most complicated. The initially can't talk, walk or do anything for themselves. It is out jobs as parents to insure they are fed, changed, warm and well taken care of. It is also our job to make sure they are loved. What is the reward for this job? Now, I've taken a parenting class in addition to having 3 children and I can tell you there are rewards and drawbacks to the job of being a "parent".
When there are boo boos you get to be the one that makes them all better. When they are sad, you get to be the one that makes them happy again. As they get old the task of fixing all the little problems isn't as easy any more. Problems as they age get more complicated as their emotions become more complex, and as their brain develops.
What no one tells you about is the screaming that they do because they don't know any other way to communicate. The number of times you will tell the child "no" about the same thing. Listening to Kaylee off and on scream on the way home from Colchester is what prompted this post. Telling her to stop, did nothing. Something was wrong, and at the time we could do nothing to fix it, so she cried. She was helpless and so were we, she was suffering and so were we.
Raising kids is a challenge, one that is rewarding, frustrating, and obnoxious at times. Worth it even though there are days I want to pull my hair out.
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