Working Class Parenting: Motivation, Education and Inspiration For Parents

As leaders in our homes, we should build memorable monuments with our children and we should also build those monuments for our children. Our children won’t reminisce about big events and big-ticket items. Rather, their hearts will be warmed by memories of the love, care, and companionship you showed them day to day.

Image Courtesy of www.scarymommy.com There is no handbook given at the hospital with each baby. There is no book that can be checked out or let alone bought that will answer every parenting question. There is no magic ball that tells you every possible scenario, there is just good ole’ “on the job training”. Every child brings his/hers own diversity. As mentioned before, what might have worked for one might not work for the next. Everyday is a new adventure and everyday Murphy’s Law is in affect.

Just a thought. I often wonder what a child would be like that was saturated with love, support and encouragement. Every area of their lives met based on their developmental stage. Cuddling in the infant years to eye-to-eye communication through the tough and uncertain teen years. What would this child be like? Would he/she be considered a prodigy? A individual before their time? A leader?  A anthropologist? The future of our evolving society does not lay so much in the technological advancement we make, but by the bedtime stories told and the badging of a wounded knees, and shoulders to lean on. The qualities of life are not derived by what we can obtain, but rather by what we can give, a settle smile, a warm hug and the assurance that we am here.

Innovative List of Parenting Hacks 1. Bathe your child in a laundry basket so that their toys don't float away. 2. Avoid committing a gender faux pas with other parents. Lean down and ask the baby his or her name. The parent will answer for them (if they can't talk yet). 3. Teach your child to pick up a juice box by the side flaps. This will keep them from squeezing juice all over themselves and making a huge mess.

No doubt parenting is a dynamic experience. One day they love Cheerios, so you go out and special order the biggest box, only to arrive at home with a child that has changed their mind. You are not so much upset that they changed their mind, more than you are of what to do with a 30 lb bag of Cheerios. Or maybe they are fighting you tooth and nail to go to bed for 45 minutes, so you relent and let them stay up, only for them to fall asleep on the couch within 5 minutes. I’m sure we all have our share of stories and frustrations. However, I must admit that nothing can take the place of those mornings when they snuggle into bed with you, or they do something new for the first time, or make you that one abstract “I love you daddy” card or.... you get my drift. It's critical that we do not let the stress of the outside find its way into our homes. Purpose in your mind every morning as you're leaving for work, that “today is a good day to have a good day”. And while in rush...