Working Class Parenting: Motivation, Education and Inspiration For Parents

Today was a half-day of school for my daughter where she had to be picked up at noon. I was lucky enough to be able to take the day off and hang out with her. We had a good day and capped the night off by watching a movie based on a book she loves, "Ramona and Beezus". She loved the movie and loved to tell me what was in the book and what wasn't. But then came the part where Ramona's beloved cat dies, and quietly at first, I started to hear my daughter cry.

So after coming up with the idea for a Halley's Comet Commitment with my daughter, we spent some time making our posters: First we decorated our posters . Then we came up with three questions we wanted to answer based on our goals and where we want to be 49 years from now when Halley's Comet comes back by earth. The 3 questions were.....

The following post is by the Co-founder of WorkingClassParenting.com, Omar De Pablo: My daughter was our first. My wife is calm and collected, and I am playful, and a bit rough. My daughter's toddler years were spent wrestling and building cushion forts with dad. She was very independent and although we had a good relationship, she wasn’t much of daddy’s little girl. Once after comforting her when she had a nightmare, I was politely told to go back to my room. Mind you she was 2, maybe 3 years old. As she got older the wrestling and cushion forts faded and her interests changed. With that, so did the type of relationship we've had. Not in a bad way, but more in an emotional way. I quickly realized that daddy’s little girl was growing up. She is now 14 years old. Child psychologist, James Dobson indicates that a girls life will be influenced positively and negatively by the way she perceives and interacts with her father. Her self-worth and self-esteem hinge on that relat...

Just got back this morning from a 2-day conference in Nashville, TN put on by  http://www.jonacuff.com  for people who want to make the jump from their day job to their dream job.  I had a great time and learned a lot, but best of all I got to meet some great people with a passion in life to follow their dreams! A lot of these people are parents, and so is Jon Acuff, so they understand that there is a balance to pursuing a dream and raising a family.  The thing that was a great take away for me was the fact that these parents are showing their children with their actions that you can dare to dream and follow that up with a plan and support. How can that not help these children in the future when someone tells them they can't be what they dream! They can say, "My mom/dad are!" So I would like say to all the people I met at the conference, keep working, planning, and dreaming, because the little eyes in your home are always watching and learning. To Jon Acuff I w...