Parenting Strengths and Weaknesses

[Anonymous]

Strength: I make 3 healthy meals that my kids eat every day (I WOTH full time)

Weakness: I can't for the life of me get my kids to bed before 8:30, though its usually closer to 9.

What are yours?

[Anonymous]

Strength: I am an excellent teacher.

Weakness: I am a horrible cook. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Strength: I am very organized, so we always get into quick-to-fill-up activities, and we do lots of fun stuff.

Weakness: I hate the whole meal thing, and would happily eat takeout for every single meal if I could.

[Anonymous]

Strength: I am a wonderful parent (totally engaged, fun, attentive, creative) 94% of the time.

Weakness: I'm a pretty crappy (irritable, yell at my kids and husband, etc) parent 6% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Strength: I love my kids' individuality, I'm calm and relaxed in parenting style, I can afford to hire great childcare.

Weakness: I'm nowhere near as patient as I thought I was and one of my kids can really push my buttons and i end up yelling and feeling ashamed of my inability to stay calm.

Also, I am eternally tired and wish I had more energy to fully entertain my preschooler twins.

[Anonymous]

Strength: My kids know they are loved very much and I have a fair amount of patience with them.

Weakness: When that patience is up, it's up. And I hate, hate, hate playing superheroes.

[Anonymous]

Strength: I am firm but loving. I set boundaries and everyone knows what to expect, but I'm still fun and very affectionate. I'm fairly organized and our life mostly doesn't feel chaotic.

Con: I am not always patient. I really struggle with this, especially if they're both coming at me at once and I'm at the end of a long day or not at my best (tired, sick, over it).

[Anonymous]

Strength: I am really good at connecting with them in their own ways, providing healthy food 80% of the time, and encouraging independence in ways that seem best for each of them.

Weakness: I have sensory issues (not SPD) with clothing, light and, mostly, noise. Cue tiny townhouse and normal kid noises and I sometimes snap. I've learned a lot of tools and am trying to get to consistency in use. However, given how much better the noise level is at any SFH we've visited or stayed at (where kids play sounds do not carry everywhere), we are thinking of moving to gain some peace of mind.

[Anonymous]

Strength: I don't mind messy activities, I cook healthy foods, I plan fun activities, I encourage independence, I am patient most of the time.
Weaknesses: I hate telling stories, I'm not good at devising creative ways to cajole/convince a toddler to do something he doesn't' want do, temper tantrums drive me insane, whining makes me irritable, and I lose my patience with all of these things.