When I tell people about these fears they usually look at me with a superior little smile, twist their heads a bit and say "This comes with parenthood and you know, small children small problems, big children big problems"....
Is that suppose to be a comfort?! The little worrying ache in my stomach only gets bigger and if it's like this now how is it going to be like in say 10-12 years when the girls are teenagers? I'm probably going to have both an ulcer and a psychologist...
How can the sweetest thing on earth be the source of so much worry?
that's why i hug and kiss my children every day and i tell them how funny and smart they are and that l'll always will love them whatever happens. they are my sole purpose in life and i'm so grateful that i have them. i'll let them live their life but i'll secretely run after them and hold them up if ever they fal.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a huge and difficult question indeed!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing we can do about the fact that life is risky business, even for our kids. And this is terrible! How to deal with this?
I believe CONTROL is the important word here. As a parent you just have to accept the fact that ultimately you are NOT in control. (easy huh?!) And THAT becomes more and more true the older the kids get (not this big children big problems stuff. Stupid!). And then you just have to hope that you have given them the right tools to handle whatever might come their way. I believe that this is the big job we have as parents. Giving the children resources and tools to handle life. Not to carry them through it… But all this is so reasonable and easy to say… not as easy to feel all the time...
Oh, I see now that my comment might seem like a polemic against Anna's post. (the carrying part). Not at all. I think kissing and hugging your kids every day is a great thing :)
ReplyDeleteAnna: yes, a little bit like Astrid Lindgren said: give them love, love and more love and the rest will follow :)...
ReplyDeleteKatarina: giving the children tools and resources to handle life sounds like the best idea ever, it's just hard to know in advance if you're giving them the right tools. But there, you have to trust your instinct and your own values I guess. The real challenge is to handle the fact that we don't own our children and that we're not in control over them... Scary thought but very true indeed...
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