Congratulations Parents

This is a time of the year when you have successfully helped your child
through elementary, middle school, high school, college, and technical college.
Whatever milestone it is, You Did It! You may ask why we are congratulating our
parents? Let me answer that question for you. 

What did parents do? Taking their children to school every morning. Parents
are worried all day if their child/ren is safe. Our world does not guarantee
our children can go to school and be safe. Ensure they have a healthy meal
before school, lunch money, and dinner preparation. This is just the regular
daily routine, parents had children who took part in after-school activities,
as well as sports, tutoring, and just you as a parent helping with and checking
all homework. 12 years of school, or longer especially if you had your child in
a preschool that was preparing them for the rest of their educational
careers. 

Parents help their children get through the school years, each child is
different, for kids’ school comes easy, and for others school is challenging.
It is our job as the parent to get the kids through school.

My son called me recently and asked me a question. When he called, he said
“Mom, as a parent it was your job to teach us things, but have my sister and I
ever taught you anything? I was like absolutely! It made me think about them in
their school years. My son hated school; my daughter had the drive to get
through. My son was like screw this, it’s not for me and I do not want to do
it. As a parent at that moment, I could have given up and allowed him to drop
out of school and figure this thing of life out. This kid made me creative and
with ensuing I helped him get his high school diploma. 18 years is my job, and
of course, it does not stop there, but it is my job to prepare my kids for this
world. My answer to him was he taught me patience. He taught me that everyone
is different and that the approach I had with my daughter had to be completely
different. He taught me how to communicate. I believe as parents we learn so
much from our kids and it helps us as human beings to be better in this world.
As we are learning (because there is no parenting manual, until now
#statisticallyspeaking), we are teachers, we are the kids’ first teachers. I
was a dictator when I was learning how to be a parent with my daughter, and I learned
hard lessons parenting her, but we got through. 

Our toughest years were high school because, at this time in their life,
they have complete minds of their own. They have come to conclusions about what
they want to do and what they do not want to do. So, this is the time when you
may be struggling to make sure your kids get through the last 4 years of high
school. If they move on to college, money becomes a concern, making sure they
are making decisions that will affect their life in the best way. From high
school through college, our children are young adults, they deserve respect and
to have a mind of their own. It is our job to love and guide them in life to
ensure they are making great choices. It will not be as easy as it sounds, and
there may be sleepless nights, but as we instill those values into our
children, they will always come back to what you have taught them.

Again, I must say well done parents! Congratulations on getting them through
the next phase of their life. Remember no matter how old they get our children
will always be our babies.