Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Learning as we go

Someone somewhere should really write an instruction manual for children. This manual should cover years 0 through 18 and should be handed out to you when you give birth. It should address such topics as "What to do when your toddler throws a mega-meltdown tantrum in public - see page 14" and "What to do when your preschooler refuses to get out of bed in the morning - see page 76".

As it stands now, we are given this miraculous ability to procreate and are then sent on our way to fumble through parenthood without any knowledge whatsoever. Trial and error was never my preferred learning method; certainly not when it comes to the responsibility of molding the lives of brand new human beings!

But somehow, someway, we make our way through each and every day. We hopefully learn from our mistakes and then hold our breath and cross our fingers that our children will turn out to be the confident, respectful, loving, intelligent people we have tried to teach them to be. I'll keep my toes crossed too, just in case.

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