Parenting is a Process

Children are always changing; it’s what they’re supposed to do. Just when you think you have this parenting thing figured out, they’ll change.

You finally get the baby to sleep through the night. Then they start teething.

You finally figure out how to handle your toddler’s rigid expectations for the morning routine. Then they decide they want to do everything, “By self!”

You finally get your 9-year old to keep their room clean. Then they hit adolescence.

This is the nature of parenting. Children change, they need to learn new things in new ways, they need to learn old things in new ways and we’re feeling like complete failures because everything is upside down again.

I tell parents to build change into their expectations. When things are working and then they stop working it means it’s time to adjust. Adjust what you expect, adjust what you’re bringing to the relationship, just adjust.

The process,