When children and teens went back to school last week, many parents who were working from home, breathed a sigh of relief.
Every mother and father whom I know - loves their child and at the same time the pressure and responsibility of modern day parenting can sometimes feel unbearable.
What I received this week was another piece of the jigsaw why parenting can seem so overwhelming some days.
As care-givers we see the chaotic world around us, imagine our children’s future and decide that being a child these days is so hard.
An action that may follow is to do for a child, what he or she can do for themselves:
⏰ waking them
🧦 dressing them
🍱 making their lunch
🦷 brushing their teeth or
🚌 reminding them what time the bus leaves.
The parent leading the morning routine: tells me they feel like they are exhausted before the day has even begun.
The coffee they poured, has gone cold.
My suggestion and learning this month:
🌱 Keep watering the root, to enjoy the fruit.
All the years spent on building routine charts, teaching how to button up a shirt, allowing a child to over-pour the milk: eventually pays off.
As of this year, my 14-year-old is taking the school bus by herself.
For the last 10 days, all she wanted me for was a kiss and a hug while she walked out the door.
My second born is striving for the same independence and he reminds that me interfering is counter-productive.
When I listen and mind my own business, I get to sit down with my cup of tea while respecting my own boundary and start planning my day ☕️.
I wish it was this effortless every day.
Until I had children, I never liked routines.
They bored me and I constantly need to change them.
Being a virgo, I am now acknowledging that us sensitive-natured late August & September born contributors, often bring the gift of easily figuring out effective ways to complete daily tasks.
Is this why school tends to be back in September and most enjoy a bit of organising?
When routines need improving: these 3 parentings tools are the foundation pillars on my drawing board, year after year.
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(Confirming humanity: written by annett)
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